Axes Method

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

expression.Axes(Type, AxisGroup)

expression    Required. An expression that returns a Chart object.

Type    Optional Variant. Specifies the axis to return. Can be one of the following XlAxisType constants: xlValue, xlCategory, or xlSeriesAxis (xlSeriesAxis is valid only for 3-D charts).

AxisGroup   Optional XlAxisGroup. Specifies the axis group. If this argument is omitted, the primary group is used. 3-D charts have only one axis group.

XlAxisGroup can be one of these XlAxisGroup constants.
xlPrimary default
xlSecondary

Example

This example adds an axis label to the category axis in Chart1.

With Charts("Chart1").Axes(xlCategory)
    .HasTitle = True
    .AxisTitle.Text = "July Sales"
End With
		

This example turns off major gridlines for the category axis in Chart1.

Charts("Chart1").Axes(xlCategory).HasMajorGridlines = False
		

This example turns off all gridlines for all axes in Chart1.

For Each a In Charts("Chart1").Axes
    a.HasMajorGridlines = False
    a.HasMinorGridlines = False
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