One way:

Tools/Protection/Protect Workbook

However, a clever user (e.g., one who can find these newsgroups) can
bypass any protection you put on the file in about a minute.

Why do you want to prevent renaming? In most cases, workbooks can be
designed to accommodate changing sheetnames.


In article . com,
wrote:

I have a workbook that has a number of worksheets. I want to make sure
that a user CAN NOT change the name of the worksheet. How can I
achieve this?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Julia