Makes perfectly good sense, but excel's protection isn't made for this kind of
security.
If you don't want others to see your data, don't put it in excel.
(There's code posted here that'll unprotect worksheets and workbooks within
moments.)
Anyone interested enough could see everything.
> Is there anyway to have hide and lock a spreadsheet
> within a workbook. I have some confidential information
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> Thanks.

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