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Unmark the <emph>Protected</emph> box and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150206" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Password (optional)</paragraph> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 62