Good morning Sue

Problem 1:
Use of the password property as shown below will solve that problem.
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="pass"

Problem 2:
Renaming your macro auto_open will cause it to run automatically on the
file being opened.

If you prefer you can set it up as an event procedure - in this case
rename your macro Private Sub Workbook_Open() and move it from the
modules part of the VBE to ThisWorkbook.

HTH

DominicB


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