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Title: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 26 July 2010, 14:28:44
Not sure if some one has accesed my PC, foumd a ghost icon of a spread sheet I have not used for a week on on my desktop as I came out of a game.

So how fo I apply a password to an excel spedsheet.

Part of the office 2007 package.

TIA. 
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 26 July 2010, 14:33:08
office software create some hidden auto backups or copies during work.. may be this is the reason..

tools>protection>protect sheet
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: iggy21uk on 26 July 2010, 14:34:49
Review  [Menu item along top]

------ Protect Sheet or
------ Protect Workbook

I think ???
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 26 July 2010, 14:35:19
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office software create some hidden auto backups or copies during work.. may be this is the reason..

Seen it in operation and would accept it if I had opened said file.

Clean desktop before I played a game, but beackup file of an unoped file there after game.

Suspicious so want to protect certain files.
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: Jimbob on 26 July 2010, 14:38:24
Not sure I would rely on office security, been notoriously weak in the past.

I would created a password protected ZIP file, and add them in there.

Good long, secure password, jobs a good un  :y
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 26 July 2010, 14:39:33
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office software create some hidden auto backups or copies during work.. may be this is the reason..

Seen it in operation and would accept it if I had opened said file.

Clean desktop before I played a game, but beackup file of an unoped file there after game.

Suspicious so want to protect certain files.

if its a critical file keep backups on cd and temporary one on usb imo.. :y
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 26 July 2010, 14:41:43
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Review  [Menu item along top]

------ Protect Sheet or
------ Protect Workbook

I think ???


The work book one I had to down load IUM and then it has something to do with windows live (No way)

Protect work sjeet didnt stop the file from being opened but will go back and tag the rest of the options.
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: dbug on 27 July 2010, 02:34:33
File->save as->Tools->general Options then fill in password.

Note Office passwords easy to crack.
Title: Re: Help - Office 2007 - Excel Passwords
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 27 July 2010, 14:43:58
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File->save as->Tools->general Options then fill in password.

Note Office passwords easy to crack.

Dont doubt it - but a bit of a deterent at least.  :y