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Entering a Chart Title from a Macro in Windows Excel

Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
Article ID: Q38361



2.x 3.00 4.00 4.00a 5.00 | 2.20 2.21 3.00

WINDOWS                  | OS/2

kbusage The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for OS/2 versions 2.2, 2.21, 3.0

SUMMARY

The following is a macro that allows you to enter a title for a chart created by a macro or enter the title in an interactive manner:

   A1:  =ACTIVATE("chart1")
   A2:  =INPUT("Enter title of chart",2)
   A3:  =ATTACH.TEXT(1)
   A4:  =SELECT("Title")
   A5:  =FORMULA("="&""""&DEREF(A2)&"""")
   A6:  =SELECT("")
   A7:  =RETURN()

Note: there are four double quotation marks (") in each set before and after the DEREF(A2) statement.



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Additional words: 5.00 2.00 2.0 2.01 2.1 2.10 2.2 2.21 2.20 3.00
3.0 4.00 4.0


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Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
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