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Hi All, I've been scouring the internet for the past week for an answer and can't seem to find one similar to my situation. Hopefully you can help!
I have an excel with Data Validation (Drop Down Lists) in columns I:K, so I'm not able to use Data Validation for the protection/unprotect action.
Attached is my excel and what I'm trying to do is if column A = 'New', then Columns I:K will be protected (Uneditable), whereas columns M:P can be unprotect (Editable) and vice versa (if Column A = 'Carry Over', the Columns I:K will be unprotected (Editable), whereas columns M:P can be protect (Uneditable). I would also need this to be dynamic.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
| Season Code | Season Launch | Dept # | Dept Name | Class # | Class Name | Sub Class # | Sub Class Name | Collection | Frame | Finish | Size | Collection2 | Frame3 | Finish4 | Size5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carry Over | 201 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| New |
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Phenomenal! Oh my gosh, this is amazing and works. Thank you so much for your help and quick response :)
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Oh, I'm sorry! I wasn't too sure if that would work. I removed the link and copied and pasted my table in the above.
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