Protecting fields in a template

[jawon]

I have template with a customized field that uses a formula and graphical indicators.

Is there a way to protect specific fields of a template so that a proj mgr cannot change the customized field?

 

[PDQBach]

Not really.

You could store the template and put a read-only attribute on the file but once the template is used as the basis for a project plan then all fields in the plan can be updated by the person who has opened the file.

This is, as Martha Stewart would say, a good thing.

So ... how do you accomplish your goal? You make it part of the project management process that the formulae are not to be adjusted.

 

[jawon]

Thanks for that response. I was afraid of that.

By the way, I also can't seem to figure out the best way to make my own template available to others.

In other words, how do you make a template that you've created available in the template section when someone does a File > New?

Or is there a better way for someone to build off of a template?