XL97: Error When Invalid Characters in Drawing Object Name

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   ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Hello!").Select
				

The drawing object's name, Hello!, contains an exclamation point (!) character, which is invalid. You can still reference it by using its index.

For example, if you know that the drawing object in question is the first drawing object in the worksheet, you can reference it as follows:

   ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(1).Select
				

If your worksheet contains a large number of drawing objects, you can use a loop to cycle through the drawing objects, checking each drawing object's name. For example, this sample subroutine will loop through all of the drawing objects in the active worksheet and select the drawing object named "Hello!":

   Sub Test()
       For X = 1 To ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects.Count
           If ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(X).Name = "Hello!" Then
               ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(X).Select
               Exit For
           End If
       Next X
   End Sub