This MS Knowledge Base article has a marco to extract data from a chart:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q300643

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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wrote:

Hi - I have a file with quite a few charts that were created using
source data from another file. That other file has since been deleted
by incompetent boss, who now wants me to compare these charts with
newer data. Is there anyway I can recover the lost source data using
only the charts? Many thanks for all help.