PowerPoint.Axis.MajorTickMark.md

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Axis.MajorTickMark property (PowerPoint)	vbapp10.chm682012	vbapp10.chm682012	PowerPoint.Axis.MajorTickMark	82397f1c-8a0d-44dd-a9f3-3426fee03f1d	06/08/2017	medium

Axis.MajorTickMark property (PowerPoint)

Returns or sets the type of major tick mark for the specified axis. Read/write XlTickMark.

Syntax

expression. MajorTickMark

expression A variable that represents an 'Axis' object.

Remarks

MajorTickMark can be set to one of the following xlTickMark constants:

• xlTickMarkInside

• xlTickMarkOutside

• xlTickMarkCross

• xlTickMarkNone

Example

Note

Although the following code applies to Microsoft Word, you can readily modify it to apply to PowerPoint.

The following example sets the major tick marks for the value axis for the first chart in the active document to be outside the axis.

With ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1)

    If .HasChart Then

        .Chart.Axes(xlValue).MajorTickMark = xlTickMarkOutside

    End If

End With

See also

Axis Object

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