Background Property

Returns or sets the text background type. This property is used only for text on charts. Read/write XlBackground.

XlBackground can be one of these XlBackground constants.

xlBackgroundAutomatic

xlBackgroundOpaque

xlBackgroundTransparent

expression.Background

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example adds a chart title and then sets the font size and background type for the title.

With myChart
    .HasTitle = True
    .ChartTitle.Text = "1995 Rainfall Totals by Month"
    With .ChartTitle.Font
        .Size = 10
        .Background = xlBackgroundTransparent
    End With
End With