Two passwords to the same sheet?

Jorgen

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Hi
Is there any way to have a sheet protected (Excel 2013+) so it can be unprotected (the naitive Excel way) using two different passwords? The purpose would obviously be to have a standard "Back Door" password for any workbook delivered, while each workbook also could have its unique password and both would work to unprotect the worksheets.

I know this is a very optimistic thought, and that I will get a few replies saying "This is dangerous - never leave back doors", but I am still interested ;-)

I also know that there are password cracking software out there that could work as a back door, but it is not what I want.

Thanks!
 

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No, there isn't. You can only have one password per sheet/workbook (ignoring the password hash, which won't achieve what you want).
 
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