Hi,

> Is this possible...I tried clicking 'properties'....'sharing' but it seems a
> bit messy as I have 30 employees who need toa access the document.


Don't!!!!

Excel is VERY unreliable when it comes to multi-user use. Loss of data,
corruption of the file is your destiny if you take this path.

Seriously consider doing this with e.g. Access.

> I wish to give read only access to 27 employees and read write to 3
> employees.


Put it in a network folder and set permissions to the entire folder
accordingly.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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