Your textboxes are on the worksheet, instead of on the chart.
When you activate the chart, it covers the textboxes.

To add a textbox to the chart:

First, select the chart (it will have a black square handle in each
corner, and on each side)
Then, add the text box to the selected chart.

rrs wrote:
I am unable to place a textbox into an Excel chart plot area and have it
remain visible when the textbox in un-selected. Cannot view, does not show
up in Print preview unless I click outside of the chart in some cell.
Have tried "draw/order/bring to front"
Any good ideas?


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Debra Dalgleish
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