Protected sheets and grouping

[icudoc]

I can't seem to find a way to open and close grouped cells if any of the cells concerned are grouped. Is there any way to protect formulas in grouped cells, but still be able to open and close the grouping?

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

Do you mean merged cells?

Cell protection applies to both contents and formatting. You will need to unprotect the worksheet to unmerge the cells.

 

[icudoc]

No, I mean grouped rows or columns.. a function on the data menu. Viewing or hiding the grouped rows/columns does not work if any of the cells in those rows/columns are protected, even though no changes are made to any of the individual cells when using the button to view/hide the grouped cells.

 

[icudoc]

Sorry readers, I have just read my initial post and I have used the word grouped twice instead of using the word protected. My problem is this, I cannot use the group function on any rows or columns that contain protected cells, even though grouping and hiding/viewing the grouped cells does not actually change individual cells formatting or contents.

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

Sorry, I misunderstood.

In VBA you can enable outlining on a protected sheet like this:

ActiveSheet.EnableOutlining = True
ActiveSheet.Protect contents:=True, userInterfaceOnly:=True

You cannot do this manually - you will have to unprotect the sheet.

 

[icudoc]

Thank you. I am not that familiar with VBA, how do I actually get that to run on a particular workbook (or sheet)

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

Right click the Excel icon to the left of File on the menu and choose View Code. Paste this code into the window on the right:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
'   *** Change name of sheet to suit ***
    With Worksheets("Sheet1")
        .EnableOutlining = True
        .Protect contents:=True, userInterfaceOnly:=True
    End With
End Sub

Press Alt+F11 to return to your worksheet and close the workbook, saving changes. Reopen the workbook and outlining should be possible.

 

[icudoc]

Thank you. Perfect!

 

[fredlo2008]

Hello,

Is there a way that I can do this for more than one sheet at the time. I have a huge workbook with about 30 sheets.

Thanks