Is there a way to put a cell reference in the chart title text box? I have
numerous charts that have a date in the title. It would be much less work if
I can modify a date in a cell and have all the charts automatically be
updated. Example: "Service Calls - Sunday 02/03/08" would be "Service Calls
- Sunday =A2" where cell A2 has my date. Or can this be modifiec via a VBA
macro?

Select the chart tile and then type the cell reference in the formula bar,
prefixed by the sheet name, such as =Sheet1!A2. To get what you want, in B2
add

="Service Calls - Sunday "&TEXT(A2,"dd-mmm-yyyy")

and the reference that cell.

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HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"Bill James" <Bill wrote in message
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Is there a way to put a cell reference in the chart title text box? I
have
numerous charts that have a date in the title. It would be much less work
if
I can modify a date in a cell and have all the charts automatically be
updated. Example: "Service Calls - Sunday 02/03/08" would be "Service
Calls
- Sunday =A2" where cell A2 has my date. Or can this be modifiec via a
VBA
macro?

Even easier, select the title, type = in the formula bar, then click on the
cell. This works with chart titles, axis titles, data labels, and shapes
(text boxes etc).

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Select the chart tile and then type the cell reference in the formula bar,
prefixed by the sheet name, such as =Sheet1!A2. To get what you want, in
B2 add

="Service Calls - Sunday "&TEXT(A2,"dd-mmm-yyyy")

and the reference that cell.

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)



"Bill James" <Bill wrote in message
...
Is there a way to put a cell reference in the chart title text box? I
have
numerous charts that have a date in the title. It would be much less
work if
I can modify a date in a cell and have all the charts automatically be
updated. Example: "Service Calls - Sunday 02/03/08" would be "Service
Calls
- Sunday =A2" where cell A2 has my date. Or can this be modifiec via a
VBA
macro?