auto filter

Hi -This might be a silly question!

I have a few blank columns in my spreadsheet for the sake of better formatting.

I have also made those columns protected so that data cannot be added to tthose columns.

And now, I am interested in applying filters to the remaining columns. Thanks to excel but auto filter option is not available if the sheet is protected.

So I have unprotected the sheet and added the filters and then protected the sheet again. But the problem is that I need to remove the filter "arrrow" from those blank columns. Is there a work around this???

1. Basically, I want to filter on all columns except for the blank columns...
2. I need to make the 'blank' columsn uneditable. (as of now, the blank columns almost look like borders so having arrows in those columsn makes the spreadsheet look very uglyl).

I would appreciate any suggestions !

Thanks much!
Ritu

That Works !!

Thanks Much !!

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