VBA - working with shapes videos | How do I save a shape as a picture in Excel VBA?

Posted by Andrew Gould on 05 February 2022


Annoyingly, there's no quick, built-in way to save a shape object as a picture in Excel VBA, even though you can use a context menu option to do this easily in Excel! This video shows a slightly messy workaround in VBA which involves copying the shape into a temporary chart to make use of its Export method!

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