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Hi All,
I have a created Excel file with a password Sheet Later I uploaded the file which has the password in Sheet
Surprisingly, I have not provided any password and by using Google I can easily edit the sheet with all the functions and Options. To add more, When I tried to convert a file with a password using VBA security, Google spreadsheets were able to wipe out all the passwords
Is this designed in this way or is this a bug? -Not sure
If this continues, Microsoft Excel's security is gone for a Toss.
Best regards,
Kiran
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Strange, Microsoft staff members can handle this issue.
Does it mean the password proception only work for Excel only.
For me, doesn't make sense
@S R Kiran Kancherla ,
Thanks for your reply.
Based on my understanding, protecting worksheet is a protecrtion mechanism for Excel.
If you want to protect the spreadsheet under other platforms, I suggest you contact their technical support directly for more help.
Thanks for your understanding!
@S R Kiran Kancherla ,
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@S R Kiran Kancherla ,
I understand your confusion about this issue.
And I reproduced your issue on Windows 10 with Excel 365 and Excel 2016.
Per my research, I found Protect Worksheet is a worksheet-level protection. This official article stated that Worksheet level protection is not intended as a security feature. It simply prevents users from modifying locked cells within the worksheet. Thanks for your understanding!
Due to you are editing Excel file across platforms, I suggest you try to enable File-level protection to protect this file.
Then you will find that this file may not be uploaded to Google spreadsheets.
> When I tried to convert a file with a password using VBA security
<< How did you convert the file? Could you please provide more information?
Any updates, please let me know.
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