Legend Object

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Represents the legend in a chart. Each chart can have only one legend.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Word 2007

Remarks

The Legend object contains one or more LegendEntry objects; each LegendEntry object contains a LegendKey object.

The chart legend is not visible unless the HasLegend property is True. If this property is False, properties and methods of the Legend object will fail.

Example

Use the Legend property to return the Legend object. The following example sets the font style for the legend of the first chart in the active document to bold.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1)
    If .HasChart Then
        .Chart.Legend.Font.Bold = True
    End If
End With

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