How to prevent manual input to automated cells?

I have many cells that get their values from a result in another table. By clicking on the cell and typing, the lookup formula is overridden. Is there a way to lock out manual input to a cell that automatically gets its value from somewhere else?
BTW, Numbers is SO much nicer to use than Excel. Bravo to Apple!

This is kind of what I did. What I have done is take the Numbers template for a personal budget and modified it so as to learn the ins and outs of the program and to have something useful at the end. Some of the expenses are created by entering a list of expenses by month that is then collected in another table to add up the entire budget. I don't want the wife to be able to enter into those cells that look up their info on another table. Even though a "$0" shows to let her know that it gets info elsewhere, it can be clicked on and data entered directly. It also wipes out the formula/function that was there in the first place. That pretty much wrecks the table at that point. It would be nice to be able to lock those cells out for direct entry.

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