thanks Ossie, i need to turn on the button for the sake of others using the
worksheet and this works wonderfully!

"OssieMac" wrote:

Hi Josh,

Turning on an ActiveX option button:-

Sheets("Sheet1").OptionButton1.Value = True

Turning on a Forms option button:-

Sheets("Sheet1").OptionButtons("Option Button 2") = True

Regards,

OssieMac


"JoshC" wrote:

i have an option button on my worksheet to protect/unprotect all sheets.
when a different/nonrelated macro is run i want it automatically select the
"protect" option button (OptionButton1) when it is finished. this has to be
simple but i just cannot figure it out. any ideas? thanks for your help!

-josh