1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 6*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 14*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 16*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * 23*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist 25*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc0106060100xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Protecting Sheet</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/06060100.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:Protect" id="bm_id5349783" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script --> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:Protect" id="bm_id3156326" localize="false"/> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153087" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Protecting Sheet</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2"><variable id="tabelletext"><ahelp hid=".uno:Protect">Protects the cells in the current sheet from being modified.</ahelp> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable> Choose <emph>Tools - Protect Document - Sheet</emph> to open the <emph>Protect Sheet</emph> dialog in which you then specify sheet protection with or without a password.</paragraph> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/00/00000406.xhp#exdst"/> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">To protect cells from further editing, the <emph>Protected</emph> check box must be checked on the <link href="text/scalc/01/05020600.xhp" name="Format - Cells - Cell Protection"><emph>Format - Cells - Cell Protection</emph></link> tab page or on the <emph>Format Cells</emph> context menu.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Unprotected cells or cell ranges can be set up on a protected sheet by using the <emph>Tools - Protect Document - Sheet</emph> and <emph>Format - Cells - Cell Protection</emph> menus: </paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3149123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Select the cells that will be unprotected</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3150329" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select <emph>Format - Cells - Cell Protection</emph>. Unmark the <emph>Protected</emph> box and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3156384" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">On the <emph>Tools - Protect Document - Sheet</emph> menu, activate protection for the sheet. Effective immediately, only the cell range you selected in step 1 can be edited.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3149566" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">To later change an unprotected area to a protected area, select the range. Next, on the <emph>Format - Cells - Cell Protection</emph> tab page, check the <emph>Protected</emph> box. Finally, choose the <emph>Tools - Protect Document - Sheet </emph>menu. The previously editable range is now protected.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3153964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10">Sheet protection also affects the context menu of the sheet tabs at the bottom of the screen. The <emph>Delete</emph> and <emph>Rename</emph> commands cannot be selected.</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3150301" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">If a sheet is protected, you will not be able to modify or delete any Cell Styles.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">A protected sheet or cell range can no longer be modified until this protection is disabled. To disable the protection, choose the <emph>Tools - Protect Document - Sheet</emph> command. If no password was set, the sheet protection is immediately disabled. If the sheet was password protected, the <emph>Remove Protection</emph> dialog opens, where you must enter the password.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149815" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Once saved, protected sheets can only be saved again by using the <emph>File - Save As</emph> command.</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150206" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Password (optional)</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152990" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"><ahelp hid=".uno:Protect">Allows you to enter a password to protect the sheet from unauthorized changes.</ahelp></paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3148700" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Complete protection of your work can be achieved by combining both options on the <emph>Tools - Protect Document</emph> menu, including password protection. To prohibit opening the document altogether, in the <emph>Save</emph> dialog mark the <emph>Save with password</emph> box before you click the <emph>Save</emph> button.</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 58