I suggest that you do it the othjer way around.
Protect the cells & worksheet then save the workbook.
That way, protection is ON when opened. Use the VBA code
to remove the proetection - use a password. Remember
though that you must keep a note of the password !!!

Patrick Molloy
Microsoft Excel MVP
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It is my intention to disable users from selecting any
cells on
worksheet that I have just created in a workbook using
EXCEL 2002. New
to VB, I rely greatly on recording macros then
cut/paste. In this case
I did a Ctl+A to select all cells, then FormatCells -
Protection,
checked Locked & Hidden and then "OK". Then I went to
ToolsProtectionProtect Sheet. With the exception
of "Protect
worksheet and contents of locked cells" all boxes were
unchecked when I
hit "OK". The following code was generated:

Cells.Select
Range("C3").Activate
Selection.Locked = True
Selection.FormulaHidden = True
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
Cells.Select
Range("C3").Activate

If I then unprotect the worksheet and run the macro, as
intended, all
cells are not selectable.

The problem I have is that if the workbook is closed and
reopened,
cells are once again selectable and can be copied. Is
there a
programmable solution for retaining the protection as
implemented?

Thanks,
GCF


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