PlotArea Interface

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

Assembly:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll

Represents the plot area of a chart.

public interface class PlotArea

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("56AFD330-440C-4F4C-A39C-ED306D084D5F")]
public interface PlotArea

type PlotArea = interface

Public Interface PlotArea

Attributes

GuidAttribute

Examples

Use the PlotArea property to return a PlotArea object. The following example places a dashed border around the chart area of the first chart in the active document, and then places a dotted border around the plot area.

Remarks

This is the area where your chart data is plotted. The plot area on a 2-D chart contains the data markers, gridlines, data labels, trendlines, and optional chart items placed in the chart area. The plot area on a 3-D chart contains all the above items plus the walls, floor, axes, axis titles, and tick-mark labels in the chart.

The plot area is surrounded by the chart area. The chart area on a 2-D chart contains the axes, the chart title, the axis titles, and the legend. The chart area on a 3-D chart contains the chart title and the legend. For information about formatting the chart area, see the ChartArea object.

Properties

Application	When used without an object qualifier, this property returns an _Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application. When used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object (you can use this property with an OLE Automation object to return the application of that object). Read-only.
Border	Returns a Border object that represents the border of the object.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Integer.
Fill	Returns a FillFormat object for a specified shape or a ChartFillFormat object for a specified chart that contains fill formatting properties for the shape or chart.
Format	Returns the line, fill, and effect formatting for the object. Read-only ChartFormat.
Height	Returns or sets a Double value that represents the height, in points, of the object.
InsideHeight	Returns or sets the inside height of the plot area, in points. Read/write Double.
InsideLeft	Returns or sets the distance from the chart edge to the inside left edge of the plot area, in points. Read/write Double.
InsideTop	Returns or sets the distance from the chart edge to the inside top edge of the plot area, in points. Read/write Double.
InsideWidth	Returns or sets the inside width of the plot area, in points. Read/write Double.
Interior	Returns a Font object that represents the font of the specified object.
Left	Returns or sets a Double value that represents the distance, in points, from the left edge of the object to the left edge of the chart area.
Name	Returns a String value that represents the name of the object.
Parent	Returns the parent for the specified object. Read-only Object.
Position	Returns or sets the position of the plot area on the chart. Read/write XlChartElementPosition.
Top	Returns or sets a Double value that represents the distance, in points, from the top edge of the object to the top of row 1 (on a worksheet) or the top of the chart area (on a chart).
Width	Returns or sets a Double value that represents the width, in points, of the object.

Methods

ClearFormats()	Clears the formatting of the object.
Select()	Selects the object.