How to prevent users from Showing Formulas

Williamyoung351

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I have a workbook where it would not be practical to reformat all of the cells in order to hide the formulas, however, i need to be able to hide them from the users.


I have tried using the If formula below to prevent the Show Formulas function from working but am unsure how to trigger this to run when the button is pressed:


If ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = True Then
ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = False


ElseIf ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = False Then
ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = False


Please could someone suggest a fix for me if possible!


Many thanks!
 

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Can't you just password protect the cells so the formulas are hidden?

You could execute VBA code like: ActiveSheet.Cells.Hidden = True to format all the cells and then password protect the sheet.
 
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