Background Property

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Returns or sets the text background type. This property is used only for text on charts. Read/write
XlBackground
.

XlBackground can be one of these XlBackground constants.

xlBackgroundAutomatic

xlBackgroundOpaque xlBackgroundTransparent

expression.Background

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example adds a chart title and then sets the font size and background type for the title.

With myChart 
 .HasTitle = True 
 .ChartTitle.Text = "1995 Rainfall Totals by Month" 
 With .ChartTitle.Font 
 .Size = 10 
 .Background = xlBackgroundTransparent 
 End With 
End With