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Excel | Protection exercise | Protect Cells p-ground safety
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Version ==> | Excel 2016 and later |
Topic ==> | Protection (1 exercise) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
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Open the file contained within the folder name shown above.
We have a complicated IF function in column F that we don't want to risk losing:

Can you imagine losing that IF function with the nested AND conditions?
Turn on sheet and workbook protection to make sure that cells F4:F11 can't be accidentally deleted or overtyped, or the whole sheet deleted.
Try to delete cell F8 and you should get this message:

You can't change the cell without knowing the password.
Use Save As... to save the file in your own new Excel work folder.