How do I Sort a table in a protected sheet?

How do I Sort a table in a protected sheet?

In the “Allow Users to Edit Ranges” dialog:

1. Click “Protect Sheet…”
2. Give the worksheet a password.
3. Uncheck the worksheet protection property called “Select Locked Cells”
4. Check the “Sort” property and the “AutoFilter” properties.
5. Click “OK”

Can you Sort a protected worksheet?

The answer is quite easy: Excel allows you to specify what users can and cannot do with a protected worksheet. All you need to do is select what the user should be able to do with the worksheet. One of the options (you need to scroll down a bit) is Sort. If you select this option, then users can sort protected data.

How do I lock cells from sorting?

To do this, use Excel’s Freeze Panes function. If you want to freeze just one row, one column or both, click the View tab, then Freeze Panes. Click either Freeze First Column or Freeze First Row to freeze the appropriate section of your data. If you want to freeze both a row and a column, use both options.

Can you filter a protected worksheet?

You can use Data, Auto Filter with the sheet protected. When you protect the sheet there was an option in the Protect Sheet dialog box near the bottom called Use AutoFilter, just check it.

How do you use a slicer in a protected sheet?

Unlock Slicers

1. Right click on a slicer and select Size and Properties.
2. On the right side of the screen a Format Slicer menu will appear. Click the triangle next to Properties.
3. Uncheck the box next to Locked.
4. Follow the same steps for the second slicer.

How do I Filter a protected Google sheet?

When a sheet is protected, the user can click the filter button at the top and choose “Create new temporary filter view” and it allows the user to filter the columns in their view only. To remove the filter, click the filter button again, and choose None instead of the Temp filter you just created.

How to sort locked cells in protected worksheets?

Step 1: Make cells editable so that sorting will work. Add cells we want to sort to a range and make that range editable in “Allow Users to Edit Ranges.” This allows users to edit these cells when the worksheet is protected, even if they are locked cells.

How to restrict sort order in tabular view?

1. Create a new text box or shape 2. Disable border, backround color and visual header 3. Put the text box or shape over the column headers This will avoid that someone can click on the column headers. Hope that helps!

How to allow sorting and filtering in a protected sheet?

To allow sorting and filter in a protected sheet, you need these steps: 1. Select a range you will allow users to sorting and filtering, click Data > Filter to add the Filtering icons to the headings of the range. 2. Then keep the range selected and click Review > Allow Users to Edit Ranges.

Is there a way to lock specific columns in Excel?

It locks the content of those specific columns. The problem is users cannot sort, neither filter, nor apply borders to the cells since those Excel menu items are disabled.