to the best of my knowledge, this is not something you can prevent.

Removing the options menu seems a little drastic, but

Application.Commandbars("Tools").Controls("&Option s...").Visible = False

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




"Mike" wrote:

I don't think this helps because I'm not trying to hide the sheet. What I'm
trying to do is hide the sheet tab only and stop users un-hiding the tabs