How do I protect cell contents in iwork 9?

Would like to password protect calculated cells (Numbers 9) from accidental erasure.
Tried the translucent shap locked over the calculated cells.
Problem with this is cell can still be tabbed into.
Protecting a cells contents a basic necessity.
Inability to do this is glaring oversight.
If I can't do this it looks like renewing  Microsoft Office license for my medical office and dumping iWorks.
This too bad as I otherwise like Numbers flexibility.
Trent

Hi Trent,
In Numbers, you can not lock a range of cells within a table. However, you can move (or copy) those cells to another table and lock that table. The new table can be small (just the range of cells that you want to keep separate). You can hide that table on another Sheet if you wish.
Menu > Table > Lock
Make sure that the locked table has no formulas that link its values back to any other table. Formulas will still update the locked table.
Have a look at Menu > Paste Values to paste values (not formulas) into the new table before locking it.
The Numbers User Guide is a useful read. Download it from the Help Menu in Numbers.
Regards,
Ian.

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