Some instructions might help.

Double click on the chart area of the chart (the big enclosing
rectangle. On the Patterns tab, click on the Fill Effects button. Select
the Picture tab, click the Select Picture button, and browse to the
picture to use as the chart background.

Then double click on the plot area, and choose no line and no fill, so
it doesn't obscure the background picture.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
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Andy Pope wrote:

> My suggestion, which Bernard confirmed (thanks!), is to use the picture
> as the fill for the chart area.
> Your description was that the image was a separate object from the chart
> and it didn't survive the journey to html.
>
> Did you use the fill approach?
>
> RalphB wrote:
>
>> Yes, that is what I did, and the picture shows up just fine in the
>> background with the chart in the foreground as long as I'm in Excel.
>> The problem occurs when I Save as Web Page. The resulting html file
>> does not show the picture, just the chart.
>>
>> "Andy Pope" wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Not tested but could you use the picture as the Fill Special for the
>>> chart or plot area?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> RalphB wrote:
>>>
>>>> In Excel I have successfully inserted a picture behind an
>>>> interactive chart so the chart (graph) is visible overtop of the
>>>> picture. But when I Save as Web Page the picture doesn't show up.
>>>> The graph is fine, and is interactive, but the background picture
>>>> file (gif) has disappeared. How can I preserve the picture so it
>>>> will save as part of the Web Page? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Ralph
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
>>> http://www.andypope.info
>>>
>