Axis Object

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

Axis Object

         
Charts (Chart) Axes (Axis)
AxisTitle
Border
DisplayUnitLabel
Gridlines
TickLabels

Represents a single axis in a chart. The Axis object is a member of the Axes collection.

Using the Axis Object

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

The following example sets the category axis title text on the chart sheet named "Chart1."

With Charts("chart1").Axes(xlCategory)
    .HasTitle = True
    .AxisTitle.Caption = "1994"
End With