can i create a shortcut to open a spreadsheet read only? With a tag or such, in the shortcut?
M Mark Sep 21, 2005 #1 can i create a shortcut to open a spreadsheet read only? With a tag or such, in the shortcut?
D Dave Peterson Sep 21, 2005 #2 If you look at excel's help and search for startup switches, you'll see that you can add /r (slash r) to your target to open a specific workbook readonly. I used this: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" /r "C:\my documents\excel\book1.xls" (all one line) And it worked fine. Your path to excel.exe and the to the workbook may be different.
If you look at excel's help and search for startup switches, you'll see that you can add /r (slash r) to your target to open a specific workbook readonly. I used this: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" /r "C:\my documents\excel\book1.xls" (all one line) And it worked fine. Your path to excel.exe and the to the workbook may be different.
