How do you protect an Excel worksheet from editing?

To protect an Excel worksheet from editing, selecting the option to go to the Review tab and choosing Protect Sheet is the correct approach. This feature specifically allows you to enable protection for the entire worksheet, preventing any unauthorized changes to its contents.

When you engage the Protect Sheet option, Excel provides a range of options that allow you to specify what users can or cannot do with the sheet while it is protected. For example, you can allow users to select cells, format them, or interact with objects while restricting the ability to edit formulas or delete rows. This granularity makes it an effective tool for safeguarding your data.

The other options do not facilitate protection in the same way. Using the Format Cells option can lock specific cells but does not actually protect the sheet until you enable sheet protection through the Review tab. Clicking the Data tab and looking for a Lock Sheet feature does not exist in Excel, and while you can right-click the worksheet tab, it does not offer a Protect Sheet choice as a standard function. Therefore, the correct method is clearly linked to the functionality provided under the Review tab.