Sometimes the help file is wrong and sometimes things just don't work.
I just remember (quite awhile back) going thru a lot of trials with group
shapes before I found something that worked.
I then saved the code for future reference. Also, I recall that the array
used to create the ShapeRange must be a variant data type or things fail.
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon


"LurkingMan"

wrote in message
Thanks Jim. Ungrouping and regrouping lets it all work.

I saw this in the VB help and was led to believe I could work with objects
without ungrouping them.
GroupShapes Collection Object
Represents the individual shapes within a grouped shape. Each shape is
represented by a Shape object. Using the Item method with this object, you
can work with single shapes within a group without having to ungroup them.

Hmm, there's also the point that I could get .Name from the shape without
ungrouping. Do you happen to know why one member function works and another
doesn't?
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