enginguven, you can protect the sheet with user interface only, like this

ActiveSheet.Protect UserInterfaceOnly:=True, password:="123"
or
Sheets("Sheet1").Protect UserInterfaceOnly:=True, Password:="123"

or use something like this

Const PW As String = "123" 'Change Password Here
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:=PW
'you code here
ActiveSheet.Protect Password:=PWEnd Sub



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"enginguven" wrote in message
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I want to lock worksheets for outside users. But when I do it and a macro
needs to go into the worksheet, the system gives an error. So is there a
way
to lock worksheets while still allowing macros to enter into the sheets
and
function properly?