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I have a colum of cells that I want to allow the user to only be able to enter in valid dates ex: 2/5/13. &nbsp;However, when I changed the format to Date and locked the sheet so they could not change the format they are still able to add stupid stuff in like 2/5/13 (Annex). &nbsp;How can I control this better in excel 2003? &nbsp;<br />
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I have a colum of cells that I want to allow the user to only be able to enter in valid dates ex: 2/5/13.  However, when I changed the format to Date and locked the sheet so they could not change the format they are still able to add stupid stuff in like 2/5/13 (Annex).  How can I control this better in excel 2003?  

Thanks,

Date Validatation

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