hidden column

[oldLearner57]

hi community

when I hide a column say, Col B, and gave a Protection Sheet command, the
protection worked accordingly with the "Unhide" column command dimmed but
when I do a selection on the whole worksheet and paste it to another
worksheet,
the "Unhide" Column command activated back,

how am I to hide a Column and Protect it from being "Unhide" even somebody
copy
and paste to another worksheet?

any guide much appreciated
thanks community

 

[Pete_UK]

Excel's protection is not very good - you've discovered one way around
it.

You might like to rearrange your worksheet and move that column to an
unused area of your worksheet (eg column X) and then hide it, so if a
User were to copy the columns s/he can see then they won't be copying
the column you have hidden. Not foolproof, though.

Hope this helps.

Pete