Protect all cells without selecting

KGee

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  2. 2016
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I need to run a macro that will protect all cells in a sheet. I'm using the following but want to avoid selecting the entire sheet and can't figure out how to lock the cells without selecting them.

Code:
Cells.Select    
Selection.Locked = True

Using something like Range("A1:Z100").Locked = True would probably work for this file but I wanted to see if there was another option.

Thanks
 

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KGee,

Code:
Sub Lock_All()
'unprotect if sheet might be protected
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
'lock all cells - only if some cells might be set as unlocked
'no need to select
Cells.Locked = True
'protect the sheet
ActiveSheet.Protect
End Sub

Might that help?
 
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