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Font.Background Property

Returns or sets the type of background for text used in charts. Can be one of the XlBackground constants.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Background As Object
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Font
Dim value As Object

value = instance.Background

instance.Background = value
Object Background { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

XlBackground can be one of the following constants

Description of text background

xlBackgroundAutomatic

Font background will automatically change the background area around the text to a color that best displays the chart text on the color applied to elements under the text

xlBackgroundOpaque

Font background will set the font background to black if the text color and fill color underneath the text are very close or the same color, such that the text would not appear

xlBackgroundTransparent

Font background is set to transparent so that text background does not change if the text color is close to the color underneath the text

See Also

Reference

Font Interface

Font Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Namespace