EXCEL Chart names

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Wed 25 Jan 2012, 13:57 Delegate Roger said...

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EXCEL Chart names

I want to manipulate some charts in VBA.
As far as I can tell, EXCEL names the charts "chart1", chart2" etc. If I have several charts in a spreadsheet, how can I find out the number that EXCEL has given it?

Thanks

Roger

Fri 27 Jan 2012, 14:00 Trainer Anthony said...

RE: EXCEL Chart names

Hi Roger, the quickest way to do this is to select the chart and use:

MsgBox ActiveChart.Name

Think about looping through the collection of charts in a workbook testing for a particular chart name and manipulating accordingly.

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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