somehow i used the drag tool and copied about 10000 pictures. is there a way
to delete them all without individually selecting the pictures? the pictures
are named from picture 118-17596. is there a way to use a loop function that
will delete these pictures? or select them like selecting multiple cells?

please help

thanks in advance

It sounds like you want to keep some of the pictures.

So if that's true and your pictures are named nicely (like you wrote), maybe a
little macro will do it:

Option Explicit
Sub testme()
Dim myShape As Shape
Dim myStr As String

For Each myShape In ActiveSheet.Shapes
myStr = LCase(myShape.Name)
If Left(myStr, 8) = "picture " Then
myStr = Application.Substitute(myStr, "picture", "")
If CLng(myStr) 118 Then
myShape.Delete
End If
End If
Next myShape

End Sub

Save before you try it--then you can close without saving if it's not correct.

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

choice wrote:

somehow i used the drag tool and copied about 10000 pictures. is there a way
to delete them all without individually selecting the pictures? the pictures
are named from picture 118-17596. is there a way to use a loop function that
will delete these pictures? or select them like selecting multiple cells?

please help

thanks in advance

--

Dave Peterson

Activesheet.Pictures.Delete

if you don't have any activeX controls on the sheet.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"choice" wrote in message
...
somehow i used the drag tool and copied about 10000 pictures. is there a
way
to delete them all without individually selecting the pictures? the
pictures
are named from picture 118-17596. is there a way to use a loop function
that
will delete these pictures? or select them like selecting multiple cells?

please help

thanks in advance