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Note When you lock an area without a password, anyone can unlock it by simply choosing Area > Unlock from the Format menu.

Deleting an Area

Delete an area just as you would any other region:

1.Make sure the area is unlocked. You cannot delete a locked area.

2.Select either of the two boundary lines of the area by dragging the mouse across it.

3.Choose Cut from the Edit menu or press [Delete].

Copying and Pasting Locked Areas

Mathcad allows locked areas to be copied and pasted into new documents. The pasted area remains locked, with the same password and timestamp information, but can be transferred into any new Mathcad worksheet. To do so, first click on an area boundary to select it, then copy and paste as you would for any region.

Worksheet Protection

When distributing a worksheet, you may wish to restrict user access to most regions. Rather than locking an area, you may opt instead to protect your worksheet.

Mathcad provides three levels of worksheet protection, allowing you to prevent users from changing only certain regions or all regions in the worksheet.

Online Help For more information see “Protecting Your Worksheets” in online Help or “Hiding Content and Protecting Your Worksheets” in the Tutorials.

Worksheet References

Sometimes you want to use formulas and calculations from one Mathcad worksheet inside another. Mathcad allows you to reference one worksheet from another — that is, to access the computations in a worksheet without opening it. When you insert a reference to a worksheet, you cannot see the formulas of the referenced worksheet, but the current worksheet behaves as if you could.

To insert a reference to a worksheet:

1.Click the mouse in a blank part of your worksheet. The cursor should look like a crosshair.

2.Choose Reference from the Insert menu.