Display protected cells?

S

Sticker

How can I make Excel 97 show protected cells, perhaps display them in
a different color?
 
D

Dave Peterson

If you're not using Format|conditional formatting, you could select your range
(say A1:Z999) and with A1 the activecell:

Format|conditional formatting|
Formula is: =cell("protect",a1)
And format the way you want.
 
S

Sticker

If you're not using Format|conditional formatting, you could select your range
(say A1:Z999) and with A1 the activecell:

Format|conditional formatting|
Formula is: =cell("protect",a1)
And format the way you want.

That doesn't seem to work.
 
M

Max

That doesn't seem to work ..

Dave's suggestion works fine for me (I'm using xl97)

Maybe try unprotecting the sheet first, then apply
the conditional formatting as suggested by Dave

(the protected cells in the selected range will appear as formatted)

And then re-protect the sheet ..
 
S

Sticker

Dave's suggestion works fine for me (I'm using xl97)

Maybe try unprotecting the sheet first, then apply
the conditional formatting as suggested by Dave

(the protected cells in the selected range will appear as formatted)

And then re-protect the sheet ..

I got it work. I wasn't doing it right. Thanks guys.
 
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