Enable Group/Ungroup in protected sheet

Anonymous
2013-01-02T12:41:00+00:00

Dear solver,

 I have an excel sheet which is renamed as "Emp Summary" which is protected without password.

 In this protected sheet, I want to enable the Group/Ungroup option to show/hide row no. 34 to 42.

 How to do that? Will macro must be require? If yes, then please write the code for me. I would appreciate if this could be done withouth a macro, 

 even by other trick/option.

 Also, if I send the same file to another user, will he/she also requires to enable macro at his/her end?

 Please help.

 Many thanks.

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HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-01-02T12:56:30+00:00

You need VBA for this, and the end user will need to allow macros for this to work.

Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.

Double-click ThisWorkbook, under Microsoft Excel Objects in the project explorer on the left hand side.

Copy the following code into the module that appears:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

    With Worksheets("Emp Summary")

        .EnableOutlining = True

        .Protect UserInterfaceOnly:=True

    End With

End Sub

This code will be executed automatically each time the workbook is opened.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-12T13:24:24+00:00

    Howdy,

    I have a Mac - any ideas how I can do it for my spreadsheet too? 

    You need VBA for this, and the end user will need to allow macros for this to work.

    Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.

    Double-click ThisWorkbook, under Microsoft Excel Objects in the project explorer on the left hand side.

    Copy the following code into the module that appears:

    Private Sub Workbook_Open()

        With Worksheets("Emp Summary")

            .EnableOutlining = True

            .Protect UserInterfaceOnly:=True

        End With

    End Sub

    This code will be executed automatically each time the workbook is opened.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-02T07:15:19+00:00

    This code is gold! What if I want to protect my all worksheets but allows - select locked cells, select unlocked cells, format cells, format columns, format rows, insert columns, insert rows, insert hyperlinks, delete columns, delete rows, sort, use autofilter, use pivottable & pivotchart, edit objects and edit scenarios?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-25T06:04:35+00:00

    no, nothing on the sheet.

    The macro I posted is in "ThisWorkbook" and another macro is inside "Modules" (is activated by a button in the sheet).

    After other attempts, I copied "Sheet1" content in a new workbook, then I deleted the original and copied back the new sheet in the old workbook: it is now running correctly!

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  4. HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-07-24T20:09:26+00:00

    Right-click the sheet tab of Sheet1 and select 'View Code' from the context menu. This activates the worksheet module. Does it contain any code?

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