You are correct that the Shapes *collection* doesn't have a Delete method. But a Shape
(singular) object does, i.e. Shapes.Delete, no, but Shapes(i).Delete should be OK.

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:17:23 -0400, "Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Shapes doesn't have a delete method. What you can do is

ActiveSheet.Shapes.SelectAll
Selection.Delete