Axis.MajorUnitScale property (Word)

Returns or sets the major unit scale value for the category axis when the CategoryType property is set to xlTimeScale. Read/write XlTimeUnit.

Syntax

expression. MajorUnitScale

expression A variable that represents an Axis object.

Remarks

MajorUnitScale can be one of the following xlTimeUnit constants:

  • xlMonths

  • xlDays

  • xlYears

Example

The following example sets the category axis on the first chart in the active document to use a time scale and sets the major and minor units.

With ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1) 
 If .HasChart Then 
 With .Chart.Axes(xlCategory) 
 .CategoryType = xlTimeScale 
 .MajorUnit = 5 
 .MajorUnitScale = xlDays 
 .MinorUnit = 1 
 .MinorUnitScale = xlDays 
 End With 
 End If 
End With 

See also

Axis Object

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