Hi,

It's not available to charts. The dialog is also used for Fill Effects
in shapes. And when used on a shape that section of the dialog in enabled.

If you are after using transparency effect see John Walkenbach's work
around.
http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip071.htm

Cheers
Andy

Mike D wrote:
When making a chart, I see there is a "transparency" option (under "fill
effects"), but can't figure out what it does or how to use it. Can anyone
explain how to use this option?


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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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