Can I protect cell numbering format ($) but allow editing?

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Deb22

Can I protect a cell's numbering format so that the cell can be edited but
the $ cannot be changed?
 
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Deb22

Thank you for your answer.

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Take care,
Debbie
 
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Dave Peterson

Maybe you could just change the format back to what you want after the change:

If that sounds ok, then rightclick on the worksheet tab that should have this
behavior. Select view code and paste this into the code window.

I used all of column A, but you could limit it to whatever range you want.

Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

Dim myRng As Range
Dim myFormat As String

myFormat = "_($* #,##0.00_);_($* (#,##0.00);_($* ""-""??_);_(@_)"

Set myRng = Nothing
On Error Resume Next
Set myRng = Intersect(Target, Me.Range("a:a"))
On Error GoTo 0

If myRng Is Nothing Then
Exit Sub
End If

myRng.NumberFormat = myFormat

End Sub


If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
 
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Sam Hills

Deb22 said:
Can I protect a cell's numbering format so that the cell can be edited but
the $ cannot be changed?
Click to expand...

I had a similar problem -- I could protect a column so the format could not
be changed, but if the user pasted a value from another cell, the formatting
changed.

Microsoft has acknowledged that this is a bug in Excel and I was the first
to report it.
 
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lily121

HOw can i protect the format of a column?

I would liek to fix the format of a date column so that user must enter date
in a certain format
THanks
 
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David Biddulph

I think that you may be confused about what a cell format does. The format
affects only the DISPLAY of a number in a column. It does NOT affect how a
number being inserted is interpreted. The interpretation of dates being
entered is governed by Windows Regional Options (in Control Panel).

Data Validation would allow you to constrain a cell's input value to a
number (not text) or even to a number within in specified range, but it
couldn't stop someone as entering a number as mm/dd/yyyy when you want it
entering as dd/mm/yyyy. You may be better including a text instruction
telling users to insert dates in an appropriate unambiguous format (perhaps
as dd mmm yyyy), and then using data validation to check that a valid number
is the result.
 
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