Over the past several decades, few workplace applications have become as indispensable as Microsoft's versatile spreadsheet editor, Excel. The tech company debuted the spreadsheet editor in 1985, and ...

Ever found yourself locked out of an Excel spreadsheet because you forgot the password or you have been given password protected Excel files from a colleague who was left the business? It’s a common ...

We’ve all been there—staring at a locked Excel file, unable to make the edits we desperately need because the password is nowhere to be found. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Whether it’s an old file you ...

Protecting your Excel worksheet prevents others from making changes to the original data. If you want to allow others to add or change data in only certain parts of the worksheet, you can unprotect ...

A recommended approach to secure your most private documents — whether it’s a PDF, Word file, or Excel spreadsheet — is to lock them with a passcode. While this does help keep sensitive content safe, ...