Axes Method

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

expression.Axes(Type, AxisGroup)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Chart object.

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 3-D charts).

AxisGroup Optional XlAxisGroup. Specifies the axis group. If this argument is omitted, the primary group is used. 3-D charts have only one axis group.

XlAxisGroup can be one of these XlAxisGroup constants.

xlPrimary default

xlSecondary

Example

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

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

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

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

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

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