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Excel 2007: How to allow expanding/collapsing of grouped columns/rows when the sheet is protected?
Posted on 2008-09-30
Hi, I group a few columns together in a worksheet. I can expand the columns by clicking on "+" button and collapse them again with the "-" button. However, this is not allow when I protect the sheet. I want to be able to expand and collapse while protecting some cells in the worksheet.
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It is not possible to allow grouping / ungrouping of cells when the sheet is protected. You can achieve this only by leaving the sheet unprotected or by handling the whole thing through VBA Code.
Cheers
P.K.
It is not possible to allow grouping / ungrouping of cells when the sheet is protected. You can achieve this only by leaving the sheet unprotected or by handling the whole thing through VBA Code.
Cheers
P.K.
Hello,
fortunatelly that's not really true. It is possible, see:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Excel/Q_21680434.html?sfQueryTermInfo=1+excel+expand+how+protect+when
It uses a VBA trick. I've tested it on Excel 2000 and it works fine. To make it work you may need close and re-open the workbook afterwards.
Perhaps, in some newer version of Excel, this would be an checkbox option when you protecting a worksheet manually from Excel's menu.
Cheers
Hlina
fortunatelly that's not really true. It is possible, see:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Excel/Q_21680434.html?sfQueryTermInfo=1+excel+expand+how+protect+when
It uses a VBA trick. I've tested it on Excel 2000 and it works fine. To make it work you may need close and re-open the workbook afterwards.
Perhaps, in some newer version of Excel, this would be an checkbox option when you protecting a worksheet manually from Excel's menu.
Cheers
Hlina
Hello,
pkhari: oh, you wrote that it is possible through VBA code. I didn't notice this. My apologies!
So, please, consider my previous comment as just a link to the VBA code.
Regards,
Hlina
pkhari: oh, you wrote that it is possible through VBA code. I didn't notice this. My apologies!
So, please, consider my previous comment as just a link to the VBA code.
Regards,
Hlina
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Hi, I group a few columns together in a worksheet. I can expand the columns by clicking on "+" button and collapse them again with the "-" button. However, this is not allow when I protect the sheet. I want to be able to expand and collapse while protecting some cells in the worksheet.
I want to do similar, but with rows. The VBA solution (and others similar that I have tried) do not work. No amount of VBA appears to work, even with macros enabled. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any other solutions??
A question/solution (highly rated) was posted:
Hi, I group a few columns together in a worksheet. I can expand the columns by clicking on "+" button and collapse them again with the "-" button. However, this is not allow when I protect the sheet. I want to be able to expand and collapse while protecting some cells in the worksheet.
I want to do similar, but with rows. The VBA solution (and others similar that I have tried) do not work. No amount of VBA appears to work, even with macros enabled. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any other solutions??
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