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Lock Cells In A Table???
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In a Word2007 table, is there a way to lock cells so that if a cell has something in it, it can not be modified or if a cell is blank, nothing can be entered into the cell? Thanks! Steve |
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Lock Cells In A Table???
In Word alone, only by protecting the document for filling in forms. If you
insert an Excel Spreadsheet to use as your table, you have more flexibility. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Steve" wrote in message m... Word2007 In a Word2007 table, is there a way to lock cells so that if a cell has something in it, it can not be modified or if a cell is blank, nothing can be entered into the cell? Thanks! Steve |
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Thanks Doug!
How do you protect the document for filling in forms? Steve "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... In Word alone, only by protecting the document for filling in forms. If you insert an Excel Spreadsheet to use as your table, you have more flexibility. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Steve" wrote in message m... Word2007 In a Word2007 table, is there a way to lock cells so that if a cell has something in it, it can not be modified or if a cell is blank, nothing can be entered into the cell? Thanks! Steve |
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W2007 has a new feature that may work for you. Try this:
Select the _characters_ in the cell you want to prevent editing in. Go to Developer tab Controls group Group icon. Click the arrow next to the icon and select Group. If you have selected the cell, the group icon will be unavailable, but if you select all the characters in the the cell, it will be. The resulting characters will be uneditable and when you try, the message in the status bar will say: This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked. Since there's no password protection and anyone in the know can ungroup the text, this method will just prevent accidental entries. Another thing to consider is that this is a W2007 feature that, I believe, is not transferred if the file is converted to W2003. PamC Steve wrote: Word2007 In a Word2007 table, is there a way to lock cells so that if a cell has something in it, it can not be modified or if a cell is blank, nothing can be entered into the cell? Thanks! Steve -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...neral/200812/1 |
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Thank You!!!
"PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message news:8f274b9dc078d@uwe... W2007 has a new feature that may work for you. Try this: Select the _characters_ in the cell you want to prevent editing in. Go to Developer tab Controls group Group icon. Click the arrow next to the icon and select Group. If you have selected the cell, the group icon will be unavailable, but if you select all the characters in the the cell, it will be. The resulting characters will be uneditable and when you try, the message in the status bar will say: This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked. Since there's no password protection and anyone in the know can ungroup the text, this method will just prevent accidental entries. Another thing to consider is that this is a W2007 feature that, I believe, is not transferred if the file is converted to W2003. PamC Steve wrote: Word2007 In a Word2007 table, is there a way to lock cells so that if a cell has something in it, it can not be modified or if a cell is blank, nothing can be entered into the cell? Thanks! Steve -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...neral/200812/1 |
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In versions before 2007 from the Tools menu, select Protect. In 2007, on
the Developer tab, click on Protect Document. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Steve" wrote in message m... Thanks Doug! How do you protect the document for filling in forms? Steve "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... In Word alone, only by protecting the document for filling in forms. If you insert an Excel Spreadsheet to use as your table, you have more flexibility. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Steve" wrote in message m... Word2007 In a Word2007 table, is there a way to lock cells so that if a cell has something in it, it can not be modified or if a cell is blank, nothing can be entered into the cell? Thanks! Steve |
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