How to lock and unlock cells in WPS Spreadsheet

If you have a worksheet for others to fill in, while you don't want certain important data to be modified, the Protect sheet function in WPS Spreadsheet can help you. To lock the entire sheet, get into the Review tab first. If you see the Lock Cell button grayed out, it means that the entire sheet has been locked by default.Next, click the Protect Sheet button, set the password, and click Confirm the setting. Then the sheet formally enters a locked state, and the sheet cannot be ed....

How can we protect a worksheet in WPS Spreadsheets

Do you know how to lock cells in WPS Spreadsheet so that they cannot be modified by others? Take this table as an example. 1. Click the Review tab. 2. When finding that the Lock Cell button is gray, it means that the entire table is now locked. At this point, click Protect Sheet. 3. Check the Select Locked cells and Select Unlocked Cells options in the pop-up dialog box. 4. Enter a password and click OK to confirm. Then we will find that the form cannot be edited.What needs to be aware....

Use SUM function to quickly calculate the sum

The SUM function is commonly used when we process data with WPS Spreadsheet.Use the SUM function values in certain cells. Take this worksheet as an example. How can we sum the values in the yellow-filled cells? 1. Click the Insert Function button in the Formula tab.2. Insert the SUM function from the selection box.3. We can also click the SUM option in the AutoSum dropdown list in this step. Then, there will be a popup dialog titled Function Arguments, where Number means the range to r....

Format Cells Locked and Hidden

When working with spreadsheets, what should we do if we want to hide and protect the formulas in the cells? Take this spreadsheet as an example, click the Review tab, then we can box the cells containing the formulas, right-click for the pop-up dialog, select Format Cells. Its shortcut key is Ctrl+1.Next, click Protection, check Locked and Hidden at the same time, and click OK. We sometimes find the Locked option in the dialog settings displaying as a black square, which represents unc....

TEXT formula in WPS Spreadsheet

The TEXT formula in Excel is commonly used for the conversion of number-to-text in a certain format, and it could be also used in Microsoft Office Excel and Openoffice. Normally, the TEXT formula is used to customize format cells in terms of actual needs. To realize it, we need to adjust the second parameter of the formula, which stands for format texts to be set. In this example, the number 2.012584, which equips with six decimal places, entered cell A2. How can we convert it into a v....

Set Allow Users to Edit Ranges in a protected sheet

As we all know, we can protect the sheet by setting a password. So, can we divide this table into several ranges and set up separate passwords for each range? The answer is yes. Take this table as an example. This is a student grade table, and we need to set different passwords for each of the three ranges in the table so that the three ranges do not affect each other. Next, I will show you how to do that.Click the Review tab and the Allow Users to Edit Ranges button, and click New. In....