Excel 2010

Prevent users from adding new worksheet in Excel

January 25, 2016 by Admin 2 Comments

Excel 2016, 2013 and 2010 provides an option to prevent users from adding new worksheet to existing Workbook structure. So if you are the owner of Excel file and you do not want to allow other users to add any new worksheet, rename or move worksheet then you can use Protect Workbook Structure option to change the permission. You can access Protect Workbook Structure from the Info menu.

Click the File menu and then navigate to Info menu and click the drop down arrow under Protect Workbook option. From the list of available option select Protect Workbook Structure. This would display the following Protect Structure and Windows. Mark the check box with label as Structure. If you want to password protect it then enter a password in the Password field. Click Ok button to save and confirm the changes.

How to hide row and column headers in Excel

October 19, 2015 by Admin 1 Comment

Excel Worksheet by default displays the rows and columns header. For some reason if you want to hide these headers then you can use Excel Advanced Options. Listed below the steps to hide or unhide row and column headers in Excel 2016, Excel 2010 and Excel 2010.

Step 1: Click the File menu and then options link.

Step 2: In The Excel Options windows, select Advanced tab and scroll down to Display options for this worksheet section.

Step 3: To hide the rows and columns headers in a Excel 2010 worksheet, un mark the checkbox labelled as Show row and column headers.

Click OK button available at the bottom of the screen to confirm the changes.

Also See: How to hide header/footer while typing in Excel

How to check version of Excel

October 17, 2015 by Admin 3 Comments

In Excel 2016, 2013 and 2010, the version of excel can be checked using the Help or Account menu.

Click the File menu and select Help menu.

Navigate to the About Microsoft Excel section displayed on the right hand side. This would display the Excel Version details, as shown below.

Screenshot in Excel 2013

And if you want to see additional information then you can click on the Additional Version and Copyright Information. This would display the following About Microsoft Excel Window

Also See: Disable automatic conversion of hyperlink in Excel

How to enable auto filter for protected sheet in Excel

October 10, 2015 by Admin 11 Comments

We had already seen the following tutorials related with protection of worksheet in Excel 2016, 2013 & 2010.

Prevent users from adding new worksheet.
Password Protect Worksheet in Excel.
Unprotect Worksheet in Excel.

And if a worksheet with auto filter is protected then users will not be able to use auto filter unless it is enabled while protecting the worksheet. This tutorial is about the steps required for enabling auto filter for a protected worksheet in Excel 2010.

Click the Protect Sheet option available under Review menu or Info menu.

Review Menu

Click Review menu –> Changes –> Protect Sheet

Info Menu

Click File menu –> Info menu –> Protect Workbook –> Protect Current Sheet.

On clicking the Protect Sheet option would display the following Protect Sheet window.

Scroll down the “Allow all users of this worksheet to” list and make sure to tick the check box with caption as “Use AutoFilter”. Click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

Now excel users will be able to use the auto filter option even in a protected worksheet.

How to change worksheet theme in Excel

October 8, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

In this short tutorial we will be seeing how to change theme of worksheet in Excel 2016, Excel 2013 & Excel 2010. You can change the theme using the option available as part of the Page Layout menu.

Navigate to Page Layout and click the Themes menu option under Themes section. The themes option allows users to change the overall design of the worksheet including fonts, colors and effects.

From the Themes drop down, you can pick any theme from the built-in list. If you want to look for more themes then you can download themes from office.com and select it using the Browse For themes option. Excel 2010 also provides option to save the current theme for future re-use.

Hide worksheet formula in Excel 2013 & Excel 2010

July 26, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

Excel 2013 and Excel 2010 allow users to hide formula used in a Worksheet. You can use this feature when you want to prevent any one from accidentally changing the entered formula.

Let us say you want to hide the formula (=SUM(F5:F8)) which has been used in the bellow example.

Select the cell where the formula has been entered and navigate to Format menu and click the Format Cell menu option (You can also right click and select Format Cell in the Context menu).

In the Format Cell window, navigate to Protection tab and tick the checkbox with Label as Hidden. Click the Ok button to save the changes.

Then right click on the Sheet and select Protect Sheet from the list of available menu option.

In the Protect Sheet window, tick the check box with label as Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells.

If you want to just hide formula then it is not needed to password protect the sheet. Click Ok button to save the changes.

Now when you navigate to the Formula Cell, the formula bar will not displayed any information.

Bu this you can prevent excel users from seeing formula used in the worksheet.