The answer from dude! is a good one but if you don't want to go down
that path you could always just hide Excel. As you're running lots of
userforms, then


Code:
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Application.Visible = False
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into the Workbook_Open sub would hide the instance of Excel.

Just a thought.

Geoff (TheDuck)


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