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						Creating a Budget in Google Sheets
						
				
							
							Ara Pigdon edited this page 2025-10-16 20:53:50 +02:00 
						
					Publish a View-Only Link That Masks Secret Cells Select the block that audience are permitted to see, context-click → "Define named range", call it VisibleArea. Conceal cols A-C and rows 1-3 (pay, bank refs) by right-clicking the gray tabs → "Hide". Go to Data → Protected sheets & ranges → "Add a range", choose the hidden sections, toggle "Restrict" to "Only myself". File → Share → "Publish to web" → pick the SafeZone ID from the drop-down, check "Require sign-in" OFF, grab the created URL. Any visitor opening that address views only the exposed cells