Dave,

Plagiarized from a previous post by Tom Ogilvy...............
For reference, a Google search of "Inactivity Timeout" brought
it right up.

John

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In the ThisWorkbook code module:

Public BootTime As Date
' Tom Ogilvy 8/18/99
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
BootTime = Now + TimeValue("00:30:00")
Application.OnTime BootTime, "CloseBook"
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal
Target
As Excel.Range)
Application.OnTime BootTime, "CloseBook", , False
BootTime = Now + TimeValue("00:30:00")
Application.OnTime BootTime, "CloseBook"
End Sub

In a General Module

Sub CloseBook()
ThisWorkbook.Save
ThisWorkbook.Close
End Sub

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Dave Hardy wrote:

Is there any way to have excel close down after a set
time of being inactive?