XL: Macro to Print All Embedded Charts on a Worksheet

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that prints all embedded charts located on a Microsoft Excel worksheet. Each chart will be printed on a separate page (piece of paper).

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub PrintEmbeddedCharts()
        Dim ChartList As Integer
        Dim X As Integer
        ' Variable chartlist stores a count of all embedded charts.
        ChartList = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Count
        ' Increments the counter variable 'X' in a loop.
        For X = 1 To ChartList
            ' Selects the chart object.
            ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(X).Select
            ' Makes chart active.
            ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(X).Activate
            ' Prints one copy of active chart.
            ActiveChart.PrintOut Copies:=1
        Next
   End Sub

Using the Sample Macro in Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0

1. Open the workbook containing the worksheet with the embedded charts.

2. Point to Macro on the Insert menu, and click Module.

3. Enter the sample macro on the module sheet.

4. Select the worksheet that contains the embedded charts. Click Macros on the Tools menu. Select the macro PrintEmbeddedCharts, and click Run.

Using the Sample Macro in Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98

1. Open the workbook containing the worksheet with the embedded charts.

2. Press ALT+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor. (Or, click the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.)

3. Click Module on the Insert menu.

4. Enter the sample macro in the code window.

5. In the Visual Basic Editor, click Close and Return to Microsoft Excel on the File menu.

6. Select the worksheet that contains the embedded charts. Point to Macro on the Tools menu and click Macros. Select the macro PrintEmbeddedCharts and click OK.