Axes Collection

Chart Axes (Axis) AxisTitle Border Gridlines TickLabels

A collection of all the Axis objects in the specified chart.

Using the Axes Collection

Use the Axes method to return the Axes collection. The following example displays the number of axes in the chart.

With myChart
    MsgBox .Axes.Count
End With

Use Axes(type, group), where type is the axis type and group is the axis group, to return a single Axis object.

Type can be one of the following XlAxisType constants.

Group can be either of the following XlAxisGroup constants: xlPrimary or xlSecondary. For more information, see the Axes method.

The following example sets the title text for the category axis.

With myChart.Axes(xlCategory)
    .HasTitle = True
    .AxisTitle.Caption = "1994"
End With