Is it possible to lock cells in a shared document?

I would like to share a document and only allow certain cells to be available for changes in the data in those cells. Some cells will have formulas I don't want changed. Is it possible to lock a cell or range of cells so they can't be changed? Thanks for any help you can give.

they added password protection for the whole document, but I don't know about individual cells. that would require sheet or table level password protection, which isn't available.
Jason

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http://scn.sap.com/thread/3209213
VaraPrasadraju Potturi wrote:
Hi,
Try Excel Data Validation to lock cells from editing.
eg: Only ACTUAL cols has to be locked.
     A     B     C     D
1     ACTUAL     ACTUAL     BUDGET BUDGET
2
3
4
Step 1:
   Select cell A2
Step 2:
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   Click OK.
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