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DISPLAY OR HIDE FORMULAS

#ou can control the display o ormulas in the ollo%in& %ays:

Switch between displaying f!"#las and f!"#la !es#lts n a

w!$sheet 'his method is a to&&le bet%een t%o di(erent display modes. )tdoes not chan&e the state o the cells.

P!e%ent f!"#las f!" displaying in the f!"#la ba! by p!tecting the

cells that cntain the" 'his method chan&es the state o the cells *

protected cells cannot be edited.

Shw hidden f!"#las by !e"%ing the p!tectin f!" cells 'his

method chan&es the state o the cells * unprotected cells can be edited. +a,e

sure this is an acceptable ris, and ma,e a bac,up copy o the %or,boo, beore

you proceed.

%itch bet%een displayin& ormulas and their alues on a %or,sheet

ress 1'3 6&rae accent.

reent a ormula rom displayin& in the ormula bar

&te 'his procedure also preents the cells that contain the ormula rom bein&

edited.

. elect the ran&e o cells %hose ormulas you %ant to hide. #ou can also select

nonadacent ran&es or the entire sheet.

2. n the H"etab in the 'ells&roup clic, F!"at and then clic, F!"at

'ells.

!. )n the F!"at 'ellsdialo& bo on the P!tectintab select the Hidden

chec, bo.

4. 1lic, O(.

5. n the Re%iewtab in the 'hanges&roup clic, P!tect Sheet.

". +a,e sure the P!tect w!$sheet and cntents f lc$ed cellschec, bois selected and then clic, O(.

ho% ormulas that %ere preiously hidden by remoin& protection

) the %or,boo, is shared unshare it beore you remoe protection. ) the %or,boo, is

not shared you can s,ip ahead to the procedure to remoe protection.

&te ;nsharin& a %or,boo, deletes the %or,boo,

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2. n the Highlight 'hangesdialo& bo select the *henchec,bo then select

>ll rom the list bo.

!. 1lear the ?ho and ?here chec, boes.

4. elect the 3ist chan&es on a ne% sheet chec, bo and then clic, @.5. Do one or more o the ollo%in&:

". 'o print the =istory %or,sheet clic, rint .

7. 'o copy the history to another %or,boo, select the cells you %ant to copy

clic, 1opy s%itch to another %or,boo, clic, %here you %ant the copy to

&o and clic, aste .

&te #ou may also %ant to sae or print the current ersion o the %or,boo,

because this history mi&ht not apply to later ersions. Aor eample cell locationsincludin& ro% numbers in the copied history may no lon&er be current.

;nshare a %or,boo,

. n the eie% tab in the 'hanges&roup clic, hare ?or,boo, and then

clic, the Bditin& tab.

2. +a,e sure that you are the only person listed in the ?ho has this %or,boo,

open no% bo. ) necessary select another listed user and clic, Re"%e Use!.

!. 1lear the >llo% chan&es by more than one user at the same time chec, bo.

4. ?hen prompted about the e(ects on other users clic, #es.

emoe protection and unhide ormulas

. n the Re%iewtab in the 'hanges&roup do one o the ollo%in&:

o 1lic, Unp!tect Sheet

o ) you do not see Unp!tect Sheet do one o the ollo%in&:

)n Bcel 2007: 1lic, P!tect *!$b$ and then under Rest!ictEditing clic, P!tect St!#ct#!e and *indws6to clear the

chec, bo.

)n Bcel 200: 1lic, P!tect *!$b$.

2. elect the ran&e o cells %hose ormulas you %ant to unhide.

!. i&ht-clic, the ran&e o cells and then clic, F!"at'ells.

4. n the P!tectintab o the F!"at 'ellsdialo& bo clear the Hidden

chec, bo.