Here is a tutorial to lock or hide only the formula cells in an Excel workbook. You can also lock formulas in all worksheets in a workbook.

You worked hard to put that Excel sheet together, now protect it from unintended damage.

There is actually an easy way to lock in parts of your formula so only the correct parameters change. Watch to learn how to use the $ sign to lock in formulas.

Safeguard your Excel worksheets from accidentally deleting formulas or data sets by locking important cells, while leaving the rest of the worksheet editable.

To lock these numeric values, you need to delete the formula without deleting the calculated results. This is accomplished using Excel's copy and paste feature.

The ability to lock cells or elements of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, but not the full sheet, allows maximum customization and control of a project.

Use Excel's "Freeze Panes" functionality to lock rows or columns in place. Use Excel sort features to organize data in alphabetical or numerical order.

If you have sensitive data you'd like to keep from prying eyes in a Microsoft Excel file, the easiest way to protect it is with Excel's built-in password tools.

To lock your cells in Microsoft Excel, you just need to head into the program's "Protection" tab. Locking a cell in Excel will make it so viewers can't change the data inside of that cell, which ...