Microsoft Office

Protecting Your Work 31
To protect a worksheet’s structure:
1. Choose Review ➪ Changes ➪ Protect Workbook to display the Protect Workbook dialog
box (see Figure 31.7).
2. In the Protect Workbook dialog box, place a check mark next to Structure.
3. Enter a password, if desired.
4. Click OK.
To unprotect the workbook’s structure, choose Review ➪ Changes ➪ Unprotect Workbook. If the workbook’s
structure was protected with a password, you are prompted to enter the password.
FIGURE 31.7
The Protect Workbook dialog box.
Protecting a workbook’s windows
To prevent others (or yourself) from changing the size or position of a workbook’s windows, you can protect
the workbook’s windows:
1. Choose Review ➪ Changes ➪ Protect Workbook.
2. In the Protect Workbook dialog box, place a check mark next to Windows.
3. Enter a password, if desired.
4. Click OK.
When a workbook’s windows are protected, the user can’t change anything related to the window size or
position. For example, if the workbook window is maximized when the windows are protected, the user
cannot unmaximize the window. The windows can, however, be zoomed.
To unprotect the workbook’s windows, choose Review ➪ Changes ➪ Unprotect Workbook. If the workbook’s
windows were protected with a password, you are prompted to enter the password.
VB Project Protection
If your workbook contains any VBA macros, you may want to protect the VB Project to prevent others from
viewing or modifying your macros. Another reason to protect a VB Project is to prevent its components
from being expanded in the VB Editor Project window (which can avoid clutter while you’re working on
other VB project). To protect a VB Project:
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