Locking formatting in Excel 2010

Hi guys I'd like to know if its possible to lock the down the cells in Excel 2010 but still be able to add content to them.
I want the structure of the page/worksheet to remain the same for printing but I still need others to add information to the cells.
Thanks!

It's a two-step process. By default, all cells in Excel are locked but this only becomes effective when you protect the worksheet.
1) Select the cells that the users should be able to edit.
Press Ctrl+1 to activate the Format Cells dialog.
Activate the Protection tab.
Clear the 'Locked' check box.
Click OK.
2) Activate the Review tab of the ribbon.
Click Protect Sheet.
Tick/clear check boxes to specify what the users will be allowed to do. At the very least, leave the check box 'Select unprotected cells' ticked.
If desired, specify a password (DO NOT FORGET THE PASSWORD!)
Click OK (if you specified a password, you'll have to enter it again).
Save the workbook.
Regards, Hans Vogelaar

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Hello. I have a report which exports to MS Excel 2010. I applied the page size as legal in Crystal Report and would like to use the same page size in Excel
However, MS Excel print preview says the page size is letter.
How could I keep the same page size in Excel as I applied in Crystal Report. We have a lot of business reports and would like to avoid applying page setting manually in Excel when users print them out each time.
Thank you.

Hi Christine
I am in the process of writing a doc on the different options in CR and the "No Printer" option sis one of those. Seeing this post, made me wonder as this looked like a questionable behavior. My testing does not support your observations. Now, I did a very simple test;
Created a report, set "No Printer", set the paper size and legal orientation. Exported to XLS - any format, and the export maintained legal paper size in all instance. I did a few other variations, but I can never get the report to export anything other than Landscape.
Can you please let me know the version of CR you are using?
You may also want to attach the report here with saved data (to attach rename the rpt to txt, then in the reply hit on the "Use advanced editor" link and attach.
BTW.; I am using CR 2013.
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32-bit...64-bit...Excel 2007...Excel 2010...nonetheless a .xlsx File

My head is spinning...soooooo here's the deal...
The client provides us a .xlsx File. Now I have no idea how this is created and saved...via Excel 2007...Excel 2010
When I attempt sourcing the .xlsx File in my SSIS Package I get the error "External Table is not in the expected format"
Sooooo, I figure I'd write a C# Edit Script to read .xlsx File and Save it as a .xls file using the following syntax...
string StrFileName = (Dts.Variables["User::FileName"].Value.ToString());
StrFileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(StrFileName);
string StringSourceFile = (Dts.Variables["User::FilePath"].Value.ToString()) + StrFileName + ".xlsx";
string StringDestinationFile = (Dts.Variables["User::FilePath"].Value.ToString()) + StrFileName + ".xls";
// This initiates the Excel Application
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application excelApplication = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
// This Opens the Source .xlsx File from Emdeon ePaySmart
Workbook workbook = excelApplication.Workbooks.Open(StringSourceFile, XlUpdateLinks.xlUpdateLinksNever, true, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
// This will Save the Source .xlsx Emdeon ePaySmart File as a .xls File...note xlFileFormat.xlExcel5
workbook.SaveAs(StringDestinationFile, XlFileFormat.xlExcel8, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlExclusive, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
// This will Close the Source
workbook.Close(false, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
// This shuts down the Excel Application
excelApplication.Quit();
Note xlFileFormat.xlExcel8
Now this worked PERFECTLY client side. Then when I created a SQL Server Agent Job it blew up and from what I read the SQL Server Agent Job does not like running dynamic Excel commands.
Soooooooo now I'm back at the drawing board and figured I'd use OLE DB to source the file.
I am using this Connection String for the .xlsx File
string StringConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + sourceFile + ";Extended Properties=\"Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1\"";
Now I understand that the OLEDB.4.0 Connection string is incorrect for a .xlsx File. (Which is why I probably tried to do this with dynamic Excel commands to begin with)
Now comes the chicken and the egg problem...
If instead I try using the OLEDB.12.0 Connection String it tells me it isn't installed
My network, copied Microsoft Office 2010 installed is 32-bit
So if I try to install the 64-bit Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 it tells me I have to Uninstall Microsoft Office 2010. Well that is not possible
So my question is this...How in God's name can I try and process this .xlsx File??? I am at a complete loss here.
I did come upon this Posting previously...in italics below but it fell short in terms of providing a solution.
Can anyone please help me out here?
Thanks in advance for your review and am hopeful for a reply.
ITBobbyP85
When I create my connection manager to connect to a .xlsx file, I get the error message that says:
"Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. External table is not in the expected format."
The provider selected was the ole db "Microsoft office 12.0 Access Database Engine...", and in the All tab I entered "Excel
12.0" at the top where it says Extended properties.
Here is the stumper:
My import package(s) has (have) been running manually for the last 2-3 weeks, but now i've finished an automated system that downloads
the files from the ftp site, unzips them, validates all the expected files are there, renames and relocates the files to the names/locations expected by my ETL, and then runs the ETL.
I found out today that the people who manually did this process were each time opening the file and then saving it to the correct location
in Excel 2007.
When I try to run my ETL on the files in the automated process, it fails with the above error. If, however, I just open the file and
save it (also in 2007), it runs fine. I have been trying to figure out what saving the file is doing to change it to be in the expected format.
I have tried to use an excel 2003 connection to connect to a copy of the file with a modified extension of .xls and that didn't work.
(in case it was in another version of excel and someone just changed the ext)
I then tried to access the file with the OLE DB provider, as above, but instead of entering 12.0 on the Extended properties line, entering
9.0 or 14.0 in turn (creating new sources/connections each time), and when I do that, both times I get an error that says:
“Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. Could not find installable ISAM.”
Am I missing something? Is there something else that simply opening and saving the file might be doing to make it paletable to ssis?
If we install excel on the db server I realize i could probably open it up and save it as excel 2007 and that would do the trick, but
the dba is resistant to this idea, so I thought I'd see if anyone has any other ideas?
If we do have to install excel on that server, does the version have to be excel 2007 in order to programmatically save it as type 2007?
thanks in advance for your thoughts on the issue...

You just need to install the latest ACE OLEDB (JET) provider, then when you set the package to run use a proxy with proper rights to access the Excel file on the file system.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=13255
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Excel 2010 cannot complete this task... Error in a shared spreeadsheet

The layout
A server in an office connects 5 computers running windows 7 and using MS office plus 2010(32bit) and 1 computer running XP using MS office plus 2007(32bit), they are all 64bit OS's besides xp. They share many spreadsheets that are opened, edited and updated
simultaneously off the server. Since the spreadsheets need to be referred to each other, 2 up to 5 excel files must be opened on the computer I'm working on.
I'm working with a computer that has the following error during reading and writing to spreadsheets.
"Excel cannot complete this task with available resources choose less data or close Other applications"
This error occurs simply because excel has used up all the resources. However I'd like to avoid the simple "close redundant spreadsheets" because sooner or later they will need to be used.
The problem is that its only one computer that is having this problem all other computers don't get this error despite having equal amount of spreadsheets opened as the problematic computer. We've upgraded the ram and graphics card on that computer yet problem
persists. I'm aware of the 2gb ram access restriction office 32bit has.
The only solution I can think of would be to install a 64 it version of office on this computer set the default program that opens the file to the 64bit excel version (only for the problematic computer). Will cause errors? Seeing as other computers run 32bit
office?
Does anyone know of any other ways of doing this? When the error occurs the file is locked and all data that is entered into the file after that is lost. Thanks in advanced

Hi,
Do these five pcs have the same hardware?
As far as I know, the above memory error messages can be very generic and don't always identify the real cause of the issue. Please follow the KBs below, try the methods and check if they are helpful.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2779852
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655178
Then, I agree with you, we can update the Excel to 64bit version. Because the max RAM usage of the Excel 2010 32bit version is 2 GB. Even if we add more physical memory, 32bit version won’t be able to use it. I recommend you use Excel 64bit
version to open/edit the large workbook instead. The 64-bit version of Excel 2010 is not constrained to 2 GB of RAM usage like 32-bit applications does.
Hope it's helpful.
Regards,
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DDE link between MT4 & Excel 2010 no longer works on Windows 8.1 64bit

I have a DDE link between EXCEL 2010 & Metatrader (MT4) that has worked flawlessly up until yesterday. Now the spreadsheet just hangs when
i attempt to update.
I had not changed anything on my machine prior to the problem, but have since repaired then reinstalled Office and reinstalled MT4 but the problem persists.
The link still works fine on my Windows 7 64bit PC with the same version of Excel and MT4, so the problem is not at the server end. I have even taken the EXCEL file from the WIN8 machine and it works fine on the Win7 machine
MT4 is installed in C:/ as the link did not work previously when installed in program files
Help!

P.S. If Excel file was created on an older version of Excel, it should be converted to 2010 format, and the inputs are a little different.
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