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peter - 10 Jul 2006 03:18 GMT

I have a sheet on which I need to protect some cells. I have it
filtered. Whenever I protect the sheet, I cannot click on the little
arrow to filter, even on cells that are not protected. What am I doing
wrong?

Thanks,

Peter

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Nick Hodge - 10 Jul 2006 07:48 GMT

In XL XP (2002) on (I Think), you have the ability to allow filtering in the
worksheet protection dialog

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>I have a sheet on which I need to protect some cells. I have it
> filtered. Whenever I protect the sheet, I cannot click on the little
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> Peter

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Gord Dibben - 10 Jul 2006 21:37 GMT

But you must have the filters enabled/set prior to protecting the worksheet.

XL 2002 and 2003

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>In XL XP (2002) on (I Think), you have the ability to allow filtering in the
>worksheet protection dialog

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peter - 10 Jul 2006 23:52 GMT

I have Excel 2000. Am I out of luck?

Thanks,

Peter

> But you must have the filters enabled/set prior to protecting the worksheet.
>
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> >In XL XP (2002) on (I Think), you have the ability to allow filtering in the
> >worksheet protection dialog

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Dave Peterson - 11 Jul 2006 00:04 GMT

You can with a little VBA:

If you already have the outline/subtotals/autofilter applied, you can protect
the worksheet in code (auto_open/workbook_open??).

Option Explicit
Sub auto_open()
With Worksheets("sheet1")
.Protect Password:="hi", userinterfaceonly:=True
'.EnableOutlining = True
.EnableAutoFilter = True
End With
End Sub

It needs to be reset each time you open the workbook. (excel doesn't remember
it after closing the workbook.)

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

> I have Excel 2000. Am I out of luck?
>
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> > >In XL XP (2002) on (I Think), you have the ability to allow filtering in the
> > >worksheet protection dialog

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