How to keep table expandable by inserting table row in a protected worksheet in Excel?

The auto expanding function of table will be lost after protecting the worksheet in Excel. For example, there is a table named Table1 in your protected worksheet, when you type anything under the last row, the table will not automatically expand to include the new row. Is there method to keep table expandable by inserting new row in a protected worksheet? The method in this article can help you to achieve it.

Keep table expandable by inserting table row in a protected worksheet with VBA code

Keep table expandable by inserting table row in a protected worksheet with VBA code

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As below screenshot shown, a table named Table1 in your worksheet, and the last column of the table is a formula column. Now you need to protect the worksheet to prevent the formula column from changing, but allow to expand the table by inserting new row and assign new data into the new cells. Please do as follows.

1. Click Developer > Insert > Button (Form Control) to insert a Form Control button into your worksheet.

2. In the popping up Assign Macro dialog box, click the New button.

3. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the below VBA code between the Sub and End Sub paragraphs in the Code window.

VBA code: Keep table expandable by inserting table row in a protected worksheet

Dim pswStr As String
'Update by ExtendOffice 20181106
    pswStr = "123"
    On Error Resume Next
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:=pswStr
       ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Select
        Range("Table1[[#Headers],[Total]]").Select
        Selection.End(xlDown).Select
        Selection.Offset(1, 0).Select
        ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "new"
        ActiveSheet.Protect Password:=pswStr, DrawingObjects:=False, _
                        Contents:=True, Scenarios:=False, _
                        AllowFormattingCells:=True, AllowFormattingColumns:=True, _
                        AllowFormattingRows:=True, AllowInsertingColumns:=True, _
                        AllowInsertingRows:=True, AllowInsertingHyperlinks:=True, _
                        AllowDeletingColumns:=True, AllowDeletingRows:=True, _
                        AllowSorting:=True, AllowFiltering:=True, _
                        AllowUsingPivotTables:=True
    Selection.ClearContents
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True

Notes:

1). In the code, number “123” is the password you will use to protect the worksheet.

2). Please change the table name and the name of the column that is containing formula you will protect.

3). And change the offset in the code Selection.Offset(1, -4).Select to the first target column of the table. For example, if there are six columns in the table, please change the Offset to (1, -5).

4. Press the Alt + Q keys to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

5. Select the cells in the table you need to assign new data into except the formula column, then press the Ctrl + 1 keys to open the Format Cells dialog box. In the Format Cells dialog box, uncheck the Locked box, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:

6. Now protect your worksheet with password you have specified in the VBA code.

From now on, after clicking the Form Control button in your protected worksheet, the table will be expandable by inserting new row as below screenshot shown.

Note: you can modify the table except the formula column in the protected worksheet.

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