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<topic id="textscalcguidecell_protectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Protecting Cells from Changes</title>
<filename>/text/scalc/guide/cell_protect.xhp</filename>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-05-23T10:32:16">FPE: Changed table to numbered list, cleanup deleted screenshot; dedr: reviewed</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146119"><bookmark_value>protecting;cells and sheets</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; protecting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cell protection; enabling</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>sheets; protecting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>documents; protecting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; hiding for printing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>modifying; sheet protection</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>changing; document protection</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>hiding;formulas</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>formulas;hiding</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="5"><variable id="cell_protect"><link href="text/scalc/guide/cell_protect.xhp" name="Protecting Cells from Changes">Protecting Cells from Changes</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">%PRODUCTNAME provides several options to protect the data in a spreadsheet.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1070B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can protect the cell contents and formats from changes. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1070F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can protect the spreadsheet structure from changes, for example the count, names, and order of the sheets.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1066B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the cells that you want to specify the cell protection options for.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149019" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Cells</item> and click the <emph>Cell Protection</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Select the protection options that you want.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152898" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Select <emph>Protected</emph> to prevent changes to the contents and the format of a cell. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1069A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select <emph>Hide formula</emph> to hide and to protect formulas from changes.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106A1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select <emph>Hide when printing</emph> to hide protected cells in the printed document. The cells are not hidden onscreen.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152872" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Apply the protection options.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106C0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To protect the cells from being changed / viewed / printed according to your settings in the <emph>Format - Cells</emph> dialog, choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - Protect Document - Sheet</item>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106C7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">To protect the structure of the document, for example the count, <link href="text/scalc/guide/rename_table.xhp">names</link>, and order of the sheets, from being changed, choose <item type="menuitem">Tools - Protect Document - Document</item>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106CF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">(Optional) Enter a password.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_idN106D2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you forget your password, you cannot deactivate the protection. If you only want to protect cells from accidental changes, set the sheet protection, but do not enter a password.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153810" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Click <emph>OK</emph>. </paragraph>
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