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7/11/2006 12:30:36 PM    Re: How to keep recipients from modifying files
Save it as a pdf file and send that to them 
 
Commercially you can purchase Adobe Acrobat. 
 
For free I like Dale Nurden's method of saving Excel to pdf. 
 
Instructions and file downloads at.................... 
 
http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/info/pdfguide.htm 
 
Saves first to single *.ps file which is then converted to *.pdf 
 
Returns one PDF file from multiple sheets. 
 
Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP 
 
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:54:28 -0400, jaycjayz 
 
<jaycjayz.2aso9t_1152644107.2554@excelforum-nospam.com> wrote: 
 
Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP



7/11/2006 2:54:28 PM    How to keep recipients from modifying files
Hello, 
 
I am new to the forum, and have what I expect to be a rather simple 
 
question to answer. 
 
I work with several excel worksheets that are prefilled with default 
 
information, and have blanks spots for new information to be added so 
 
that I can print or send the file to a client so they can print it.  I 
 
am worried that when I am sending the worksheet, they can modify the 
 
information on the sheet - just as simply as I did.  Considering this 
 
would put my job at risk if anyone ever did, I would like to find an 
 
alternative way to send the file to them, without them having the 
 
ability to modify the file. 
 
I tried saving the file as a .htm, but when I did that; it lost all of 
 
my graphics on the page (.htm will only show graphics if they are 
 
available locally.) 
 
Are there any other ways to keep recipients from altering the 
 
worksheet?  What I would prefer is that when they open it from their 
 
email, it didnt look so much like a worksheet (with cells and what 
 
not), but more like a .pdf file that can only be viewed. 
 
Thanks in advance for any advice and help! 
 
Jay 
 
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