try something like

for i = 1 to 20
chnm="Chart_"&i
ActiveWindow.Visible = False
Windows("autoplot.xls").Activate
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(i)Activate
activechart.name=chnm
ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select
With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue)
.MinimumScale = 2000
.MaximumScale = 3000
.MinorUnitIsAuto = True
.MajorUnitIsAuto = True
.Crosses = xlAutomatic
.ReversePlotOrder = False
.ScaleType = xlLinear
.DisplayUnit = xlNone
End With
next i


"OTS" wrote:

> Below is a portion of the macro (that I have cropped, original version is
> much longer but a lot of this is repetitive statement) that allow me to
> change the chart setting for a chart. I intend to change the setting for
> about 20 charts in a worksheet
>
> There must be a way to shorten this macro – retaining the main body of the
> macro but replacing the chart Name (in bold, big fonts) with N then define
>
> N= CHART_1, CHART_2, CHART_3, CHART_4 Etc etc
>
> Let the macro run for CHART_1 until the last CHART and stop there.
>
> By doing so the macro will be shorter and neat.
>
> Question: how to do write a macro for this repetitive task?
>
> Thanks
>
> ActiveWindow.Visible = False
> Windows("autoplot.xls").Activate
> ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("CHART_1").Activate
> ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select
> With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue)
> .MinimumScale = 2000
> .MaximumScale = 3000
> .MinorUnitIsAuto = True
> .MajorUnitIsAuto = True
> .Crosses = xlAutomatic
> .ReversePlotOrder = False
> .ScaleType = xlLinear
> .DisplayUnit = xlNone
> End With
> ActiveWindow.Visible = False
> Windows("autoplot.xls").Activate
> ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("CHART_2").Activate
> ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select
> With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue)
> .MinimumScale = 2000
> .MaximumScale = 3000
> .MinorUnitIsAuto = True
> .MajorUnitIsAuto = True
> .Crosses = xlAutomatic
> .ReversePlotOrder = False
> .ScaleType = xlLinear
> .DisplayUnit = xlNone
> End With
> ActiveWindow.Visible = False
> Windows("autoplot.xls").Activate
> ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("CHART_3").Activate
> ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select
> With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue)
> .MinimumScale = 2000
> .MaximumScale = 3000
> .MinorUnitIsAuto = True
> .MajorUnitIsAuto = True
> .Crosses = xlAutomatic
> .ReversePlotOrder = False
> .ScaleType = xlLinear
> .DisplayUnit = xlNone
> End With
> ActiveWindow.Visible = False
> Windows("autoplot.xls").Activate
> ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("CHART_4").Activate
> ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select
> With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue)
> .MinimumScale = 2000
> .MaximumScale = 3000
> .MinorUnitIsAuto = True
> .MajorUnitIsAuto = True
> .Crosses = xlAutomatic
> .ReversePlotOrder = False
> .ScaleType = xlLinear
> .DisplayUnit = xlNone
> End With
>