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How can I lock a cell, to prevent edits to its value for the foreseeable future?

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    okay i figured it out, first gotta unprotect the cells you want free to edit by Format Cells...->Cell Protection->Protected (since all cells are protected by default but not functional until next step), THEN you protect the sheet by right clicking the sheet, Protect Sheet... then voila:D
    – timoseewho
    Apr 10, 2015 at 13:48
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    The correct way to give your solution is to post an answer to your own question.
    – suspectus
    Apr 10, 2015 at 14:05

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From: https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Protecting_Cells_from_Changes

  1. Select the cells that you want to specify the cell protection options for.
  2. Choose Format - Cells and click the Cell Protection tab.
  3. Select the protection options that you want. All options will be applied only after you protect the sheet from the Tools menu - see below. Uncheck Protected to allow the user to change the currently selected cells. Select Protected to prevent changes to the contents and the format of a cell. Select Hide formula to hide and to protect formulas from changes. Select Hide when printing to hide protected cells in the printed document. The cells are not hidden onscreen.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Apply the protection options. To protect the cells from being changed / viewed / printed according to your settings in the Format - Cells dialog, choose Tools - Protect Document - Sheet. To protect the structure of the document, for example the count, names, and order of the sheets, from being changed, choose Tools - Protect Document - Document.
  6. Optional) Enter a password. If you forget your password, you cannot deactivate the protection. If you only want to protect cells from accidental changes, set the sheet protection, but do not enter a password.
  7. Click OK.
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    It COULD be right click -> lock cells, but thats way to easy.
    – Kuronashi
    Mar 25, 2021 at 20:20
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How to protect cells in Libreoffice calc:

First select the cells that you want to be NOT protected.

Then do:

> format
> cells
> (uncheck) protected

Then do:

tools
> protect sheet
> (check everything)
> ok

That's it.

If, later on, you want to protect or unprotect cells, then do as follows:

tools
> protect sheet (uncheck)

Then

format
> cells
(change the protection on cells as said above)

Finally:

tools
> protect sheet
> ok

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