Microsoft KB Archive/126736

= Works: Able to Sort Records or Rows with Protection Enabled =

Article ID: 126736

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 2.0a
 * Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 3.0a
 * Microsoft Works 3.0b
 * Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.5a
 * Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.0a

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This article was previously published under Q126736



SUMMARY
Even when the Protection options (Protect Field in Works 4.0, 4.0a, 4.5, or 4.5a, or Locked, Protect Data, and/or Protect Form in Works 2.0 and 3.0) are selected in the Works for Windows Database module, the record order can be changed by choosing the Sort Records command.

When Locked and Protect Data are selected in the Spreadsheet module, the cell contents can still be changed by choosing the Sort (Works 4.0, 4.0a, 4.5 or 4.5a) or Sort Rows (Works 2.0 and 3.0) command.

This could be a problem if other cells in the spreadsheet contain references to cells that were reordered. The Protect Data command is designed to keep the cells from being manually deleted or changed by reentering data into protected cells, reformatting (except row height and column width), or spell checking.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about using protection modes:

 See your Works printed documentation or online Help.

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 See the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120399 Works 3.0: Database Fields Inserted/Deleted with Protect Form Enabled

124364 Works 3.0: Cut Button Can Delete Field Even with Protect Form Enabled

119649 Works: Data Deleted with Protect Data on in Form View



Additional query words: kbhowto protection protected sorting sorted reordering

Keywords: kbinfo KB126736

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