Can you select this region? If so, select it and look at the name in the
name box (above where cell A1 is in a worksheet), or see what is listed in
the chart selection dropdown on the chart toolbar.

Is it an embedded chart or a chart sheet?

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"Aurora" wrote in message
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I do not believe that "Chart Area" is correct. According to Excel Help,
that
has to do with the Chart itself. I want to change the background area
around
the chart - Not the Chart or the area within the Chart.

Aurora

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

That is the "Chart Area"
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"Aurora" wrote in message
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I am using Excel 2003
I am working on 2 line charts created by someone else. They had a
problem
with the charting and asked me to help fix it. The easiest way for me
to
fix
it was to recreate the chart. The charts I were given are on a plain
blueish
type background and not the normal spreadsheet looking background. By
background, I mean the surrounding area around the chart - not the
chart
itself. How do I change the background of the new chart I created to
match
the original chart? Can someone please point me in the right
direction.
I
couldn't even look this up in my Excel book because I do not know what
the
terminology is that I am even looking for.
Please HELP!

Aurora