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Represents a series in a chart.

The Series type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property 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.
Public property ApplyPictToEnd true if a picture is applied to the end of the point or all points in the series. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property ApplyPictToFront true if a picture is applied to the front of the point or all points in the series. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property ApplyPictToSides true if a picture is applied to the sides of the point or all points in the series. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property AxisGroup Returns the type of axis group. Read/write XlAxisGroup.
Public property BarShape Returns or sets the shape used for a single series in a 3-D bar or column chart. Read/write XlBarShape.
Public property Border Reserved for internal use.
Public property BubbleSizes Returns or sets a string that refers to the worksheet cells that contain the x-value, y-value, and size data for the bubble chart. Read/write.
Public property ChartType Returns or sets the chart type. Read/Write.
Public property Creator Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only.
Public property ErrorBars Returns the error bars for the series. Read-only ErrorBars.
Public property Explosion Returns or sets the explosion value for a pie-chart or doughnut-chart slice. Read/write.
Public property Fill Reserved for internal use.
Public property Format Returns the line, fill, and effect formatting for the object.
Public property Formula Returns or sets the object's formula in A1-style notation and in the language of the macro. Read/write.
Public property FormulaLocal Returns or sets the formula for the object, using A1-style references in the language of the user. Read/write.
Public property FormulaR1C1 Returns or sets the formula for the object, using R1C1-style notation in the language of the macro. Read/write.
Public property FormulaR1C1Local Returns or sets the formula for the object, using R1C1-style notation in the language of the user. Read/write.
Public property Has3DEffect true if the series has a three-dimensional appearance. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property HasDataLabels true if the series has data labels. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property HasErrorBars true if the series has error bars. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property HasLeaderLines true if the series has leader lines. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property Interior Reserved for internal use.
Public property InvertColor Returns or sets the fill color for negative data points in a series. Read/write.
Public property InvertColorIndex Returns or sets the fill color for negative data points in a series. Read/write.
Public property InvertIfNegative true if Microsoft PowerPoint inverts the pattern in the object when it corresponds to a negative number. Read/write.
Public property LeaderLines Returns the leader lines for the series. Read-only LeaderLines.
Public property MarkerBackgroundColor Sets the marker background color as an RGB value or returns the corresponding color index value. Read/write.
Public property MarkerBackgroundColorIndex Returns or sets the marker background color as an index into the current color palette, or as one of the following XlColorIndex constants: xlColorIndexAutomatic or xlColorIndexNone. Read/write.
Public property MarkerForegroundColor Sets the marker foreground color as an RGB value or returns the corresponding color index value. Read/write.
Public property MarkerForegroundColorIndex Returns or sets the marker foreground color as an index into the current color palette, or as one of the following XlColorIndex constants: xlColorIndexAutomatic or xlColorIndexNone. Read/write.
Public property MarkerSize Returns or sets the data-marker size, in points. Read/write.
Public property MarkerStyle Returns or sets the marker style for a point or series in a line chart, scatter chart, or radar chart. Read/write XlMarkerStyle.
Public property Name Returns or sets the name of the object. Read/write.
Public property Parent Returns the parent for the specified object. Read-only.
Public property PictureType Returns or sets a value that specifies how pictures are displayed on a column or bar picture chart. Read/write XlChartPictureType.
Public property PictureUnit Reserved for internal use.
Public property PictureUnit2 Returns or sets the unit for each picture on the chart if the PictureType property is set to xlStackScale; otherwise, this property is ignored. Read/write.
Public property PlotColorIndex Returns an index value that is used internally to associate series formatting with chart elements. Read-only.
Public property PlotOrder Returns or sets the plot order for the selected series within the chart group. Read/write.
Public property Shadow Returns or sets a value that indicates whether the object has a shadow. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property Smooth true if curve smoothing is enabled for the line chart or scatter chart. Read/write Boolean value.
Public property Type Returns or sets the series type. Read/write.
Public property Values Returns or sets a collection of all the values in the series. Read/write.
Public property XValues Returns or sets an array of x values for a chart series. Read/write.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method _ApplyDataLabels Reserved for internal use.
Public method ApplyCustomType Reserved for internal use.
Public method ApplyDataLabels Applies data labels to a series.
Public method ClearFormats Clears the formatting of the object.
Public method Copy If the series has a picture fill, copies the picture to the Clipboard.
Public method DataLabels Returns an object that represents either a single data label (a DataLabel object) or a collection of all the data labels for the series (a DataLabels collection).
Public method Delete Deletes the object.
Public method ErrorBar Applies error bars to the series.
Public method Paste Pastes a picture from the Clipboard as the marker on the selected series.
Public method Points Returns a collection of all the points in the series.
Public method Select Selects the object.
Public method Trendlines Returns a collection of all the trendlines for the series.

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See Also

Reference

Series Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace