From help

This property returns True if the drop-down arrows are currently displayed.
You can set this property to False to remove the arrows, but you cannot set
it to True. Use the AutoFilter method to filter a list and display the
drop-down arrows.


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HTH

Bob


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"Rafi" wrote in message
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I have a protected sheet and would like the on Open event to enable the use
of Autofilters however, my code produces the following resullt

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For Each ws In Worksheets
ws.AutoFilterMode = True
Next

Run-Time Error 1004, Application defined or object defined error

Thanks