Why can't I edit a chart? (Repost)

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Laurel

I'm afraid this re-statement of my question my have gotten buried in a
lengthy thread. I have been advised that I can edit "every part of" my
chart by double clicking, right-mousing, etc. Doing those things doesn't
get me to the point of being able to edit even the title, never mind the
labels on the X and Y Axis and other things. Here is what I do, can someone
see what the problem might be?

I double click on the chart control, and the border becomes thicker....
like this /////////////// and a grid of chart data appears above it.
- When the chart is in this state, only the title is showing. If I hover
over it, the little tip field (the one that appears when you hover) says
"chart area" just as it does when I hover anywhere else on the chart.
- If I click or double click over the title, or anywhere else on the chart
area, I get a two tab window called "Format Chart Area". One tab says
"Patterns" and the other says "Font."
- If I right mouse, I get a menu containing 4 enabled options, "Format Chart
Area," "Chart Type," "Datasheet View," and "Clear." There are 2 disabled
options, "Chart Options," and "3-D View."

From this can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
 
Try un-select the chart area and the click to select other objects, titles,
etc. You can generally single click to select an object and the right click
to bring up a properties dialog.
 
I'm not sure I'm understanding what you mean by "unselect the chart area."
I seem to have only two states available. In the form if I single click on
the chart, I get the expected handles on the edge, but the title is not
individually selectable. If I double click on the chart, wherever I hover,
it says "chart area," including when I hover over the title. I HAVE, on
occasion, been able to get the title to be editable, but I don't know how I
do it.

BUT, more importantly. How can I get at attributes of the chart other than
the title? When I'm in form view, the only piece of the chart that's even
visible (even when I'm editing the chart) is the title. How can I get at
the labes of the X & Y access, etc? Someone in the original thread said I
could get at "all parts." But then someone else gave me info on accessing
these parts in code. Maybe that's the only way for anything beyond the
title?
 
I just tried the same. All I had to do was double click the chart to get the
/////. Then single click on the title to select it. You can do this with
most all objects in the graph.
 
Right. That's my understanding of what should happen. It doesn't work for
me. That's the puzzle. When I hover over the title it still says "chart
area". When I single click on the title nothing happens. When I double
click on the title I get a "Format Chart Area" set of tabpages. When I
right-mouse on the title, I get a list of stuff to do for "Chart area." I
can't get at the title.... I can only get at the chart area.

btw - You say "most all objects on the graph." What is showing once you get
to the ///// environment besides the title? That's all that's showing for
me.
 
AHA!!!!
I've got it!!!!
If I first open the form and actually load data into the chart and THEN
switch to design mode, then the ///// environment behaves as expected.!!!
 
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