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Default Sheet Protection

Hi Maistrye

Tools - Protection - Protect Sheet ...
--- Unselecting "Select Locked Cells"
--- Selecting "Select Unlocked Cells"

Only in Excel 2002 and 2003

This is working for me in 2002-2003

ActiveSheet.EnableSelection = xlUnlockedCells
ActiveSheet.Protect "ron"



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"Maistrye" wrote in message
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I can see that would work, but that's not what I'm looking for. I don't
want to put macros into the workbooks that I'm working on, I'm merely
attempting to mimic the behavior of:

Tools - Protection - Protect Sheet ...
--- Unselecting "Select Locked Cells"
--- Selecting "Select Unlocked Cells"

When doing it through the menu, the next time the worksheet is loaded,
the sheet has the same protection as I initially set it up with.

Currently, my macro is sitting in Personal.xls and is attached to a
button on my desktop which I have set up to toggle the protection on my
worksheet.

And no, it is not a requirement for the work I'm doing, just my own
preference for worksheets where Locked Cells are not selectable.

Thanks,
Scott

Ron de Bruin Wrote:
You must run it everytime you open the workbook
Copy it in the workbook open event

See
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/events.htm




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I have a macro to automatically protect my sheets. This macro is
designed to only allow the selection of Unlocked Cells.

ActiveSheet.Protect "a"
ActiveSheet.EnableSelection = xlUnlockedCells

It works fine for every sheet I've used it on up until I re-load it
after I've saved it. (Namely, the locked cells can't be selected,

but
the unlocked ones can.)

When I re-open the workbook, the sheet is still protected, but I can
select Locked Cells and Unlocked Cells. (Only the Unlocked ones can

be
editted, of course.)

Does anyone know of a way to fix this? ie. Change my macro so that
this problem does not occur?

Thanks,
Scott




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