Separator Property

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

Separator Property

       

Sets or returns a Variant representing the separator used for the data labels on a chart. Read/write.

expression.Separator

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

Remarks

The chart must first be active before you can access the data labels programmatically otherwise a run-time error occurs.

Example

This example sets the data label separator for the first series on the first chart to a semicolon. This example assumes a chart exists on the active worksheet.

Sub ChangeSeparator()

    ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Activate
    ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1) _
        .DataLabels.Separator = ";"

End Sub