Is there a way to write "select autoshape 1 and if there isn't an autoshape 1
select autoshape2"?

On error resume next
set shp = Activesheet.shapes("autoshape 1")
On error goto 0
if not shp is nothing then
set shp = Activesheet.Shapes("autoshape 2")
End if
shp.select

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Larry Sartoris" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to write "select autoshape 1 and if there isn't an
autoshape 1
select autoshape2"?

Dim shp As Shape
On Error Resume Next
Set shp = ActiveSheet.Shapes("Autoshape1")
If Not shp Is Nothing Then
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Autoshape1").Select
Else
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Autoshape2").Select
End If
On Error GoTo 0


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HTH

RP
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"Larry Sartoris" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to write "select autoshape 1 and if there isn't an
autoshape 1
select autoshape2"?

Is there a way to write "select autoshape 1 and if there isn't an autoshape
1
select autoshape2"?

The following one-liner may be all you need.

Activesheet.Shapes(1).Select


Regards,
Vic Eldridge