This document provides instructions for protecting sheets and cells in OpenOffice documents. It describes how to: 1. Protect an entire sheet by selecting Tools > Protect Document and choosing to protect the sheet. This prevents changes to all cells on that sheet. 2. Protect individual cells or a range of cells by selecting the cells, going to Format > Cell > Cell Protection tab, and checking the "Protected" box. The sheet then must also be protected via Tools > Protection > Sheet. 3. Gives credit to the author and contributors who created the instructions.

1. How to Protect a Sheet or a Cell
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1. Protection of a Sheet...............................................................................................................3
2. Protection of a cell or of a cells group inside a document......................................................3
3. Credits ....................................................................................................................................4
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1. Protection of a Sheet
To write-protect all of the cells of a sheet, you have to do the
following:
Select Tools-Protect Document from the Menu Bar,
if you choose Sheet..., only your current sheet will be
protected from writing,
If you choose Document..., your whole document (workbook) will
be protected.
You are not obliged to enter a password, you can simply click on
the OK button to close the dialog window without typing anything.
However, if you choose a password, it will be requested every time
you wish to modify the cells or the sheet.
To eliminate the protection, choose Tools-Protect Document again
and deselect the Sheet... or Document... option, eventually typing
the password you have set, when requested.
2. Protection of a cell or of a cells group inside a
document
Select a range or all the cells of your sheet, with CTRL+A or
by clicking the gray rectangle between the rows and columns
headings,
In the Format menu, select Cell and from the dialog window
that will appear, switch to the Cell Protection tab,
Deselect the check box called Protected (the cells are
protected by default),
Then select the cells you wish to protect,
From the Menu bar choose Tools-Protection-Sheet...,
By choosing Format -Cell and by checking the Protected check
box again, it will protect the selected cells.
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3. Credits
Author: Sophie Gautier
Thanks to: Richard Holt, great proof reader and OOo contributor
Intgr by: Gianluca Turconi
Last modified: 24 February, 2002
Contacts: OpenOffice.org Documentation Project
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Translation: Gianluca Turconi
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