How secure is the "lock cells" function?

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The rose

My task is to send an excel document with importatant information that
shouldn't be changed to an external viewer. I wonder how secure it is to lock
cells/documents in excel compared to for example make a pdf-file with Acrobat
Adobe? Is it easy for someone to go "behind the scene" and change the code in
order to unlock the cells?
 
V

Vasant Nanavati

The rose said:
I wonder how secure it is to lock
cells/documents in excel
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Not very.
Is it easy for someone to go "behind the scene" and change the code in
order to unlock the cells?
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Yes, for any knowledgeable Excel user.
 
C

CarlosAntenna

If the recipient does not need the spreadsheet functionality to change
numbers or play "what if", it would be far better to send a PDF document.
Cutepdf is a free pdf writer. www.cutepdf.com

-- Carlos
 
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