XL: How to Hide Sheets and Use xlVeryHidden Constant in a Macro

ID: Q142530

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for the Power Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can hide sheets in a workbook so that a user cannot see them. You can hide any sheet type in a workbook, but you must always leave at least one sheet visible.

MORE INFORMATION

Hiding a Sheet Using Menu Commands

To hide a sheet, point to Sheet on the Format menu, and then click Hide. To unhide a sheet, point to Sheet on the Format menu, and then click Unhide.

NOTE: For module sheets in Microsoft Excel 5.0 and 7.0, point to Sheet on the Edit menu, and click Hide or Unhide. You cannot hide or unhide module sheets in Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, because they appear in the Visual Basic Editor.

Hiding a Sheet with a Visual Basic Macro

You can also hide or unhide a sheet using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro or procedure. When you use Visual Basic code, you can use the xlVeryHidden property to hide a sheet and keep the Unhide dialog box from listing it. When you do this, the only way to make the sheet visible again is to create another Visual Basic macro.

In a Visual Basic macro, use the Visible property to hide or unhide a sheet. You can set the Visible property to True, False, or xlVeryHidden. True and False have the same effect as using the Unhide or Hide menu commands. The xlVeryHidden argument hides the sheet and also keeps the Unhide dialog box from displaying it.

Sample Visual Basic Code for All Versions

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The following samples show you how to use the Visible property of a Sheet object.


Sub UnhideSheet()
    Sheets("Sheet1").Visible = True
End Sub


Sub HideSheet()
   Sheets("Sheet1").Visible = False
End Sub

Sample Visual Basic Code for Versions 5.0 and 7.0

NOTE: You cannot hide or unhide module sheets in Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.


Sub VeryHideSheet()
    Sheets("Module1").Visible = xlVeryHidden
End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information, please click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q156879 XL97: Visual Basic Modules Cannot Be Hidden or Protected

Q128192 XL5: Can't Insert Sheet Based on Template with Hidden Sheet

Q128373 XL5: Macro Cannot Determine If Sheet Is VeryHidden

Q127944 XL: Sheet Based on Template with Hidden Sheet Not Inserted

Q131551 XL5: Macro Cannot Set Module to xlVeryHidden

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