heres a macro that i use all the time

this protects all the sheets and the workbook


Sub protect()

Dim i As Integer
' Loop through all sheets in the workbook.
' change this for the number of sheets
For i = 1 To Sheets.Count
Sheets(i).protect "PASSWORD", True, True, True
'Range("A1").Select
Next i
'protect workbook
ActiveWorkbook.protect Structu=True, Windows:=False
ActiveWorkbook.protect "PASSWORD", True, False
End Sub


Sub unprotect()


Dim i As Integer
' Loop through all sheets in the workbook.
' this can also be set to a number
For i = 1 To Sheets.Count
Sheets(i).unprotect "PASSWORD"
'Range("A1").Select
Next i
ActiveWorkbook.unprotect "PASSWORD"
End Sub


hope this helps

kevin

"Sandy" wrote in message
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Hello!

I need code that will protect worksheets and the
workbook. There are many workbooks involved and depending
on the particular workbook, it will have X amount of
worksheets in it with various names.

Also, I need to hide certain sheets in each workbook -
those will always be the same.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Sandy