Hi Daniel,
What you want to do is turn off screen updating and turn off calculation.

Slow Response, Memory Problems, and Speeding up Excel
Macros run Slow (#slowmacros)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel...htm#slowmacros

Proper, and other Text changes -- Use of SpecialCells
Some notations on the above code, and use of Special Cells
(speed and efficiency considerations) « (#notations)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel....htm#notations
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"Daniel" wrote in message ...
how do i minimize/maximize a workbook from vba? I want to minimize it
durring processing to speed things up a bit