Chart Properties (PowerPoint)

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03/05/2016

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Properties

Name	Description
AlternativeText	Returns or sets the alternative text associated with a shape in a Web presentation. Read/write.
Application	When used without an object qualifier, returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft PowerPoint application. When used with an object qualifier, returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object (you can use this property with an Automation object to return the application of that object). Read-only.
AutoScaling	True if Microsoft Word scales a 3-D chart so that it is closer in size to the equivalent 2-D chart. The RightAngleAxes property must be True. Read/write Boolean.
BackWall	Returns an object that allows the user to individually format the back wall of a 3-D chart. Read-only Walls.
BarShape	Returns or sets the shape used for every series in a 3-D bar or column chart. Read/write XlBarShape.
CategoryLabelLevel	Returns or sets an XlCategoryLabel constant that specifies the source level of the chart category labels. Read-write.
ChartArea	Returns the complete chart area for the chart. Read-only ChartArea.
ChartColor	Returns or sets an integer that represents the color scheme for the chart. Read-write.
ChartData	Returns information about the linked or embedded data associated with a chart. Read-only ChartData.
ChartStyle	Returns or sets the chart style for the chart. Read/write Variant.
ChartTitle	Returns the title of the specified chart. Read-only ChartTitle.
ChartType	Returns or sets the chart type. Read/write XlChartType.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
DataTable	Returns the chart data table. Read-only DataTable.
DepthPercent	Returns or sets the depth of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (between 20 and 2000 percent). Read/write Long.
DisplayBlanksAs	Returns or sets the way that blank cells are plotted on a chart. Can be one of the XlDisplayBlanksAs constants. Read/write Long.
Elevation	Returns or sets the elevation, in degrees, of the 3-D chart view. Read/write Long.
Floor	Returns the floor of the 3-D chart. Read-only Floor.
Format	Returns the ChartFormat object. Read-only.
GapDepth	Returns or sets the distance, as a percentage of the marker width, between the data series in a 3-D chart. Read/write Long.
HasAxis	Returns or sets which axes exist on the chart. Read/write Variant.
HasDataTable	True if the chart has a data table. Read/write Boolean.
HasLegend	True if the chart has a legend. Read/write Boolean.
HasTitle	True if the axis or chart has a visible title. Read/write Boolean.
HeightPercent	Returns or sets the height of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (from 5 through 500 percent). Read/write Long.
Legend	Returns the legend for the chart. Read-only Legend.
Name	Read/write
Parent	Returns the parent for the specified object. Read-only Object.
Perspective	Returns or sets the perspective for the 3-D chart view. Read/write Long.
PlotArea	Returns the plot area of a chart. Read-only PlotArea.
PlotBy	Returns or sets the way columns or rows are used as data series on the chart. Read/write Long.
PlotVisibleOnly	True if only visible cells are plotted. False if both visible and hidden cells are plotted. Read/write Boolean.
RightAngleAxes	True if the chart axes are at right angles, independent of chart rotation or elevation. Read/write Boolean.
Rotation	Returns or sets the rotation, in degrees, of the 3-D chart view (the rotation of the plot area around the z-axis). Read/write Variant.
SeriesNameLevel	Returns or sets an XlSeriesNameLevel constant that specifies the source level of the series names. Read-write.
Shapes	Returns a collection that represents all the shapes on the chart sheet. Read-only Shapes.
ShowAllFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display all field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
ShowAxisFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display axis field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write
ShowDataLabelsOverMaximum	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to show the data labels when the value is greater than the maximum value on the value axis. Read/write Boolean.
ShowLegendFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display legend field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
ShowReportFilterFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display the report filter field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
ShowValueFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display the value field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
SideWall	Returns a Walls object that allows the user to individually format the side wall of a 3-D chart. Read-only.
Title	Gets or sets a String that represents the title of the chart. Read/write.
Walls	Returns the walls of the 3-D chart. Read-only Walls.

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