John D wrote:
Is here a way to prevent users from pasting cell obects
over others that are named? This silently creates havoc
elsewhere in the spreadsheet that may reference the
former named range.


You would need to disable the ability to Cut (or replace Paste with
Paste Special / Values)

Something like this:

In a normal module:

Sub MyPaste()
If ActiveWorkbook.Name = ThisWorkbook.Name Then
ActiveCell.PasteSpecial xlValues
Else
ActiveSheet.Paste
End If
End Sub

Sub GrabCutAndPaste()
Dim CB As CommandBar
Dim CTL As CommandBarControl
For Each CB In Application.CommandBars
Set CTL = CB.FindControl(ID:=22, recursive:=True)
If Not CTL Is Nothing Then
CTL.OnAction = "MyPaste"
End If
' disable cut
Set CTL = CB.FindControl(ID:=21, recursive:=True)
If Not CTL Is Nothing Then
CTL.Enabled = False
End If

Next
Application.OnKey "^x", ""
Application.OnKey "+{DELETE}", ""
Application.OnKey "^v", "MyPaste"
Application.OnKey "+{INSERT}", "MyPaste"
Application.CellDragAndDrop = False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub

Sub ReleaseCutAndPaste()
Dim CB As CommandBar
Dim CTL As CommandBarControl
For Each CB In Application.CommandBars
Set CTL = CB.FindControl(ID:=22, recursive:=True)
If Not CTL Is Nothing Then
CTL.OnAction = ""
End If
' enable cut
Set CTL = CB.FindControl(ID:=21, recursive:=True)
If Not CTL Is Nothing Then
CTL.Enabled = True
End If
Next
Application.OnKey "^x"
Application.OnKey "+{DELETE}"
Application.OnKey "^v"
Application.OnKey "+{INSERT}"
Application.CellDragAndDrop = True
End Sub

' and in ThisWorkbook

Private Sub Workbook_Activate()
GrabCutAndPaste
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
ReleaseCutAndPaste
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
GrabCutAndPaste
End Sub


Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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