How to keep Excel Sheets and protected workbooks protected when opening in Numbers or Google Sheet

Jose Luis Loperena 0 Reputation points
2024-12-20T10:14:51.6966667+00:00

I've created an Excel document with both protected and hidden Sheets, and the workbook itself protected. It needs to be used by many users in my company, but they can only edit a few cells, so everything else is hidden and password protected. However, when users open it in other applications, such as Numbers for Mac or Google Sheets, these protections are not there. All Sheets appear, even the ones that are hidden in Excel, and the password protection is not there. Is there a way to keep these protections in place when opening this Excel document in Numbers or Google Sheets?

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