why not open the new dest wb firstopen the sourceunprotectcopy to dest wb
WITHOUT selectingprotect sourceclose sourcesave destination.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Dan Winterton" wrote in message
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I have a protected worksheet that VBA unprotects, copies
the sheet, opens a new workbook, then pastes the data from
the sheet.

I need to re-protect the original workbook AFTER I am in
the new book? Can I protect a worksheet in another open
workbook?

I tried protecting the sheet before opening the new book,
but I lose the data I am trying to copy and the paste
event fails. I also tried just leaving the sheet
protected during the copy and paste, but it will not allow
the formulas to copy over, which I need.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Dan Winterton