Add restrictions to copy/cut/paste in Excel when a worksheet is protected

Office Version: Office 2007;
Operating System:Windows 7;
Program:Excel
I need to be able to select via a macro or some other way the restrictions listed below on copy/cut/paste.  The worksheet will be protected.
The goal is to allow a user to have the capability to type in data or copy-paste-values only in the unlocked cells. I wish to block a user from changing the formatting or pasting a formula in an unlocked cell via copy or
cut and paste. This is necessary to maintain the worksheet/workbook integrity when multiple users have access to it.
1.
Disable cutting from unlocked cells
2.
Allow ONLY copy/paste value from any cell to any unlocked cell.
The user needs to be able to select locked cells.
Ideally, the user can copy-paste-values from that locked cell an an unlocked cell. The ability to copy from the locked cell is not an absolute need but being able to
select the locked cell is very important due to the large size of the worksheet.
The locked cells will have their formulas hidden.
I entered the question in the website below but received no feedback. The Microsoft tech support group said I should contact this IT Pro forum.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx#tab=1
Thanks

Unfortunately it is not easy; there are lots of individual items to deal with.
You can use Application.OnKey to disable (or repurpose) the key combinations (e.g. Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Shift+Del, Shift+Insert ) that you don't want used. Typically you would do this in Workbook_Open and reverse it in Workbook_BeforeClose (and you need to
save the workbook if necessary within Workbook_BeforeClose to prevent the user from cancelling the Save Changes message after your code has done its work).
In Excel 2003 you could use VBA to disable or make invisible the menu items and toolbar buttons that would do actions you didn't want the user to be able to carry out. But in 2007 you have to write XML using the custom UI editor and save it in the
XLSM file. A good site for information on how to work with the ribbon in 2007 is
www.rondebruin.nl
If you get most of the way there and get stuck on some point, do come back.
It would be good if MS extended the protection model to prevent cut and pasting other than values - it is a common requirement. I will go now and make that suggestion to the developers.
Bill Manville. Excel MVP, Oxford, England. www.manville.org.uk

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