Chart.Axes method (Excel)

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03/30/2022

Returns an object that represents either a single axis or a collection of the axes on the chart.

Syntax

expression.Axes (Type, AxisGroup)

expression A variable that represents a Chart object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
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 3D charts).
AxisGroup	Optional	XlAxisGroup	Specifies the axis group. If this argument is omitted, the primary group is used. 3D charts have only one axis group.

Return value

Object

Example

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

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

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

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

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

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

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