Hi Debbie,

You might find this useful.
http://www.andypope.info/tips/tip003.htm

Once an chart element is selected you can use CTRL+1 to bring up the
Format dialog.

Cheers
Andy

debbiecatal wrote:
I am teaching ECDL to visually impaired learners, and they need to be able to
change the background colour of the plot area of a chart using keystrokes.
We can change the chart area colour this way, but cannot find a way to change
the plot area. Does anyone know how to do this without using a mouse?


Thanks

Debbie

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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