I have a large workbook that contains approx. 80 worksheets. I have each
sheet protected individually with the same password.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to unprotect all sheets at one time so
that changes can be made quicker and easier.
I tend to spend more time un-protecting and re-protecting the sheets due to
the multitude of sheets.
Thanks
Ed

Take your pick. All either courtesy of JE or based on his routine.

Public Sub ToggleProtect1()
'Courtesy of J E McGimpsey
'If only selected sheets are to be protected, then a toggle works well

Const PWORD As String = "ken"
Dim wkSht As Worksheet
Dim statStr As String

For Each wkSht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
With wkSht
statStr = statStr & vbNewLine & "Sheet " & .Name
If .ProtectContents Then
wkSht.Unprotect Password:=PWORD
statStr = statStr & ": Unprotected"
Else
wkSht.Protect Password:=PWORD
statStr = statStr & ": Protected"
End If
End With
Next wkSht
MsgBox Mid(statStr, 2)
End Sub

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Sub Toggleprotect2()
'Courtesy of J E McGimpsey
'If only selected sheets are to be protected, then a toggle works well

Const PWORD As String = "ken"
Dim wkSht As Worksheet

For Each sh In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If sh.ProtectContents = False Then
sh.Protect PWORD
Else
sh.Unprotect PWORD
End If
Next sh
End Sub

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Public Sub ProtectAllSheets()
'Space allowed for insertion of a password
'Code lists every sheet with it's protection status
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Const PWORD As String = ""
Dim wkSht As Worksheet
Dim statStr As String

For Each wkSht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
With wkSht
statStr = statStr & vbNewLine & "Sheet " & .Name
wkSht.Protect Password:=PWORD
statStr = statStr & ": Protected"
End With
Next wkSht
MsgBox Mid(statStr, 2)
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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Public Sub UnprotectAllSheets()
'Space allowed for insertion of a password
'Code lists every sheet with it's protection status
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Const PWORD As String = ""
Dim wkSht As Worksheet
Dim statStr As String

For Each wkSht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
With wkSht
statStr = statStr & vbNewLine & "Sheet " & .Name
wkSht.Unprotect Password:=PWORD
statStr = statStr & ": Unprotected"
End With
Next wkSht
MsgBox Mid(statStr, 2)
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Ed P" wrote in message
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I have a large workbook that contains approx. 80 worksheets. I have each
sheet protected individually with the same password.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to unprotect all sheets at one time
so
that changes can be made quicker and easier.
I tend to spend more time un-protecting and re-protecting the sheets due
to
the multitude of sheets.
Thanks
Ed