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Represents a chart in a document.

The Chart type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AlternativeText	Returns or sets the alternative text associated with a shape in a Web presentation. Read/write.
	Application	When used without an object qualifier, returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft PowerPoint application. When used with an object qualifier, returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object (you can use this property with an Automation object to return the application of that object). Read-only.
	Area3DGroup	Reserved for internal use.
	AutoScaling	true if Microsoft PowerPoint scales a 3-D chart so that it is closer in size to the equivalent 2-D chart. The RightAngleAxes property must be true. Read/write Boolean value.
	BackWall	Returns an object that allows the user to individually format the back wall of a 3-D chart. Read-only Walls.
	Bar3DGroup	Reserved for internal use.
	BarShape	Returns or sets the shape used for every series in a 3-D bar or column chart. Read/write XlBarShape.
	ChartArea	Returns the complete chart area for the chart. Read-only ChartArea.
	ChartData	Returns information about the linked or embedded data associated with a chart. Read-only ChartData.
	ChartStyle	Returns or sets the chart style for the chart. Read/write.
	ChartTitle	Returns the title of the specified chart. Read-only ChartTitle.
	ChartType	Returns or sets the chart type. Read/write XlChartType.
	Column3DGroup	Reserved for internal use.
	Corners	Reserved for internal use.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only.
	DataTable	Returns the chart data table. Read-only DataTable.
	DepthPercent	Returns or sets the depth of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (between 20 and 2000 percent). Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	DisplayBlanksAs	Returns or sets the way that blank cells are plotted on a chart. Can be one of the XlDisplayBlanksAs constants. Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	Elevation	Returns or sets the elevation, in degrees, of the 3-D chart view. Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	Floor	Returns the floor of the 3-D chart. Read-only Floor.
	Format	Returns the ChartFormat object. Read-only.
	GapDepth	Returns or sets the distance, as a percentage of the marker width, between the data series in a 3-D chart. Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	HasAxis	Returns or sets which axes exist on the chart. Read/write.
	HasDataTable	true if the chart has a data table. Read/write Boolean value.
	HasLegend	true if the chart has a legend. Read/write Boolean value.
	HasPivotFields	Reserved for internal use.
	HasTitle	true if the axis or chart has a visible title. Read/write Boolean value.
	HeightPercent	Returns or sets the height of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (from 5 through 500 percent). Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	Legend	Returns the legend for the chart. Read-only Legend.
	Line3DGroup	Reserved for internal use.
	Name
	Parent	Returns the parent for the specified object. Read-only.
	Perspective	Returns or sets the perspective for the 3-D chart view. Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	Pie3DGroup	Reserved for internal use.
	PlotArea	Returns the plot area of a chart. Read-only PlotArea.
	PlotBy	Returns or sets the way columns or rows are used as data series on the chart. Read/write 64-bit signed integer.
	PlotVisibleOnly	true if only visible cells are plotted. false if both visible and hidden cells are plotted. Read/write Boolean value.
	RightAngleAxes	true if the chart axes are at right angles, independent of chart rotation or elevation. Read/write Boolean value.
	Rotation	Returns or sets the rotation, in degrees, of the 3-D chart view (the rotation of the plot area around the z-axis). Read/write.
	Shapes	Returns a collection that represents all the shapes on the chart sheet. Read-only Shapes.
	ShowAllFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display all field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
	ShowAxisFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display axis field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
	ShowDataLabelsOverMaximum	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to show the data labels when the value is greater than the maximum value on the value axis. Read/write Boolean value.
	ShowLegendFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display legend field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
	ShowReportFilterFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display the report filter field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
	ShowValueFieldButtons	Returns or sets a value that indicates whether to display the value field buttons on a PivotChart. Read/write.
	SideWall	Returns a Walls object that allows the user to individually format the side wall of a 3-D chart. Read-only.
	Subtype	Reserved for internal use.
	SurfaceGroup	Reserved for internal use.
	Title	Gets or sets a string that represents the title of the chart. Read/write.
	Type	Reserved for internal use.
	Walls	Returns the walls of the 3-D chart. Read-only Walls.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	_ApplyDataLabels	Reserved for internal use.
	ApplyChartTemplate	Applies a standard or custom chart type to a chart.
	ApplyCustomType	Reserved for internal use.
	ApplyDataLabels	Applies data labels to all the series in a chart.
	ApplyLayout	Applies the layouts shown in the ribbon.
	AreaGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	AutoFormat	Reserved for internal use.
	Axes	Returns a collection of axes on the chart.
	BarGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	ChartGroups	Returns an object that represents either a single chart group or a collection of all the chart groups in the chart.
	ChartWizard	Modifies the properties of the given chart. You can use this method to quickly format a chart without setting all the individual properties. This method is non-interactive, and it changes only the specified properties.
	ClearToMatchStyle	Clears the chart elements formatting to automatic.
	ColumnGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	Copy	Not supported for this object.
	CopyPicture	Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture.
	Delete	Deletes the object.
	DoughnutGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	Export	Exports the chart in a graphic format.
	GetChartElement	Returns information about the chart element at the specified x-coordinate and y-coordinate.
	LineGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	Paste	Pastes chart data from the Clipboard into the chart.
	PieGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	RadarGroups	Reserved for internal use.
	Refresh	Causes the specified chart to be redrawn immediately.
	SaveChartTemplate	Saves a custom chart template to the list of available chart templates.
	Select	Selects the object.
	SeriesCollection	Returns all the series in the chart.
	SetBackgroundPicture	Sets the background graphic for a chart.
	SetDefaultChart	Specifies the name of the chart template that Microsoft PowerPoint uses when it creates new charts.
	SetElement	Sets chart elements on a chart. Read/write MsoChartElementType.
	SetSourceData	Sets the source data range for the chart.
	XYGroups	Reserved for internal use.

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See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace