Default Excel as Read Only File

G

George

How could I default excel workbook as READ ONLY? Give me your hand.

Thanks,

George
 
B

Boo

George,

When saving your workbook:

File > Save As

In the dialogue box, click on the down arrow next to Tools

Choose General Options

From here you can set a password to prevent users modifying your workbook or
tick the "read-only recommended" box if you want to warn users that the
workbook should be opened read-only.
 
G

George

Hi, BOO:
Thanks for the reponse. However, let me clarify my question in the
following sequence:
a): I have an original file 1 which is read only;
b): Users open up my original file, modify it, save it as file 2 and
CLOSE it. Then whenever file 2 is re-openned, it should be openned as a
read only file;
c): Users open up file 2, modify it, save it as file 3 and CLOSE it.
Then whenever file 3 is re-openned, it should be openned as a read only
file;and so on!
In summary, I do NOT want users to over-write the existing saved files.
The only thing they can do is to open up any file they want, modify it,
save it as a different file. Once this is done and the file is closed,
they can not come back and modify it anymore!
Thank you so much for your help!

George
 
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