you could make something like this as your first line.
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("chart 1").Chart.Deselect

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Lee" wrote in message
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I received a Microsoft Visual Basic Error at run-time which read "You must
select a shape". It was a warning prompt and it did not highlight a line
of
code when I attempted to debug.

When the prompt is cleared the code continues to run. However, the
problem
is that the code stops.

My Excel VBA code is performing a copy of worksheets from one workbook to
another.

After examining the workbook where the problem appeared to occur, I
discovered that a chart in the workbook had the focus or was left selected
by
a user. There is also a pivot table on the same worksheet as the chart.

When I remove the focus from the chart, by selecting a cell on the
worksheet, the error is no longer produced.

Is this a bug, or designed behavior?