v11.xls is the workbook name
Graphs is the graphs worksheet name
Main Data is the data worksheet name

When I replace =v11.xls!A_ with ='Main Data'!A_ it accepts it as a valid
range, and the moment I go back into source data to look at it, it has been
automatically updated to =v11.xls!A_ ...and if I click into this updated
name, it still gives me the 'formula contains an error' message

This is very confusing to me :-(

Thanks for any advice,
Keith

"Keith R" wrote in message
...
Based on Steve Bullen's FunChart1 example (in that particular example,
auto-expanding named ranges) I've set up some graphs that used named
ranges as their data source. I copied the worksheet of graphs into a new
workbook and now have global named ranges that match the graphs' original
named ranges (using Jon Peltier's suggestion to use Jan Pieterse et al's
Name Manager v4.0, in which I removed all the sheet named ranges which
were duplicates, leaving me with just one set of global named ranges)

The graphs, which still have their original named range sources, update
when the raw data updates- but I am unable to edit the named range for any
charts. If I click into the source data entry box (series/values) and try
to click out, I get an error message (formula contains an error). The
references are simple (=v11.xls!A_, =v11.xls!B_, etc.) and the named
ranges point to valid ranges of data (and the graphs update when the raw
data is updated).

A_ =INDIRECT("'MAIN DATA'!$BA$" & Graphs!$A$4 & ":$BA$" & Graphs!$B$4)
B_ =OFFSET(A_,0,1)
C_ =OFFSET(A_,0,2)
etc.
(all show the target data range correctly when I click in the range box of
the named range dialogue)

Based on the original problem with the named ranges, is there anything
that might be residually causing problems with the graphs? Any ideas what
else I should check?

Thank you very much,
Keith