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prevent user from deleting cells, rows
Hello,
format the cells that you want the user to edit and on the Protection tab of the format dialog, untick the "Locked" tick box. Next, click Review > Protect sheet. Select the options you want to allow the user to do (the default is best most of the time) and then click OK. Now only the cells that have not been "Locked" in the Format dialog can be edited.
Does that help?
cheers, teylyn
I've solved the protection opportunity now. I don't know how I started this conversation and would like to start another. 2nd question -- I'm using Excel 2013 and would like to share a worksheet with a single, novice user. I haven't found a way to add a shared user who will not do any editing, only data entry. Google sheets seems much more user friendly. I'm guessing I should start with REVIEW tab.
Thank you for your help.
Hello,
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