I've created a fairly big excel workbook, that many people will use in our
office.
It's built to be as "dummy proof" as possible, meaning I have hyperlinks
connect much of the document and a lot of things auto-fill. I've
locked/hidden many things so they can't break it.

I have a simple question:

Can I set a default tab?
Meaning, no matter how the document is saved, when they open it it'll always
open to a specific tab - in this case a Table of Contents tab.

In your Workbook_Open event:

Worksheets("Table of Contents").Activate

Right-click the Excel icon in the top left corner of the window.
Click View Code.
Choose Workbook from the Object list.
Type the code in the procedure.

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tj


"Eric Shamlin" wrote:

I've created a fairly big excel workbook, that many people will use in our
office.
It's built to be as "dummy proof" as possible, meaning I have hyperlinks
connect much of the document and a lot of things auto-fill. I've
locked/hidden many things so they can't break it.

I have a simple question:

Can I set a default tab?
Meaning, no matter how the document is saved, when they open it it'll always
open to a specific tab - in this case a Table of Contents tab.

With code that selects the Table of Contents sheet before saving (not
advised, in case somebody is saving periodically while working, the code will
move them away from their work), or with code that runs when the workbook is
opened and selects the TOC sheet

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Thisworkbook.worksheets(toc sheet name in quotes).activate
End Sub



"Eric Shamlin" wrote:

I've created a fairly big excel workbook, that many people will use in our
office.
It's built to be as "dummy proof" as possible, meaning I have hyperlinks
connect much of the document and a lot of things auto-fill. I've
locked/hidden many things so they can't break it.

I have a simple question:

Can I set a default tab?
Meaning, no matter how the document is saved, when they open it it'll always
open to a specific tab - in this case a Table of Contents tab.