As Sebastion said, not supported if on a worksheet. You can look at this
code posted by Rob Bovey that simulates this type of behavior.

http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...gp13.p hx.gbl



Hi Todd,

The TabOrder property is an inherited property. That means it comes from
the container that a control is situated in. A UserForm supplies this
property, a worksheet doesn't. You can still tab amongst controls on a
worksheet, you just have to code it yourself using each control's KeyDown
event procedure.

In the sample event procedure below I'll assume a hypothetical situation
where we have three textboxes: TextBoxPrevious, TextBoxCurrent, and
TextBoxNext. This event procedure shows you how to use VBA to emulate
tabbing behavior. Pressing Tab moves from TextBoxCurrent to TextBoxNext and
pressing Shift+Tab moves from TextBoxCurrent to TextBoxPrevious. The Up and
Down arrow keys and the Enter key are given similar behavior.

Private Sub TextBoxCurrent_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, _
ByVal Shift As Integer)
Dim bBackwards As Boolean
Select Case KeyCode
''' These are the only keys we care about.
Case vbKeyTab, vbKeyReturn, vbKeyDown, vbKeyUp
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
''' Determine if we need to move backwards.
bBackwards = CBool(Shift And 1) Or (KeyCode = vbKeyUp)
''' In Excel 97 we must select a cell
''' before activating another control.
If Application.Version < 9 Then Sheet1.Range("A1").Select
''' Activate the appropriate control based on key(s) pressed.
If bBackwards Then TextBoxPrevious.Activate Else _
TextBoxNext.Activate
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Select
End Sub

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Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP
Application Professionals
http://www.appspro.com/

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"MikeS" wrote in message
...
How can I setup/arrange the tab order for text box objects? I have tried
every setting in the properties box and I can't get the cursor to move
from
one text box to another without using the mouse. Does anyone have an
answer
or suggestion for this?

Thanks in advance.

Mike