fantastic Paul. yes, all workbooks in only one folder. worked like a charm. Many thanks. Mel
On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:49:45 PM UTC-4, Mel wrote: > I have a master spreadsheet with 5 tabs. On my master sheet (called > Master) - on the tab called 'Option Letter' I need to copy cells B131, > B202, B319, B424 to the same > tab (same name on each sheet 'Option Letter') on over 200 spreadsheets. I > will need to unprotect the Option Letter tab (no password), paste in the > info from my Master sheet Option letter tab (master sheet is called > master), > then protect (no password) and save the spreadsheet with the same name. > Each spreadsheet is in the same folder called C:\EBACKUP. Each spreadsheet > has a different name. > > I will only need to run this process once to update all spreadsheets with > the new info for these 4 cells. I tried a number of different VBA to > loop through each spreadsheet but keep getting a number of error. > Any help is appreciated. > thx > > Mel > -- Join official facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES (1120+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. 6) Jobs posting is not allowed. 7) Sharing copyrighted ebooks/pirated ebooks/their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en.