Tony,

Try it this way

activesheet.shapes("Button 12988").OleFormat.Object.Caption="More Info"


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Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"bony_tony" wrote:

Hi,
I've got the following which edits the text on a shape;

ActiveSheet.Shapes("Button 12988").Select
Selection.Characters.Text = "More Info"

I assumed

ActiveSheet.Shapes("Button 12988").Characters.Text = "More Info"

would do the same thing, but it gives me an error.
How do edit the text without selecting the shape??

Thanks
Tony