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Locking cells in Excel Online? Is it possible?
Microsoft's website claims that the online version of Excel has a feature that will allow you to lock certain cells so that they can't be accidentally overwritten, but it doesn't explain how to do it...
You have to apply the protection in the desktop version (for Windows or Mac). If you then upload the workbook to the cloud and open it in Excel Online, the protection will still work.
(Protecting is a two-step process:
- Unlock the cells that should be editable in the Protection tab of the Format Cells dialog.
- Protect the worksheet on the Review tab of the ribbon.)
If you want to keep your data locked away from others, you can do so using Microsoft Excel Online.
- First, open Microsoft Excel Online.
- Then click the File tab and select Options.
- On the Options dialog box, click the Protection tab.
- Under Lock Cells, select the lock type that you want to use.
For more detailed article you may check out this blog post: https://quickenterprisesupport.com/excel-could-not-open-the-data-file/