PowerPoint.DataLabels.AutoText.md

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DataLabels.AutoText property (PowerPoint)	PowerPoint.DataLabels.AutoText	6e964058-3cfa-ba02-b324-fc1e82beb3d3	06/08/2017	medium

DataLabels.AutoText property (PowerPoint)

True if all objects in the collection automatically generate appropriate text based on context. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.AutoText

expression A variable that represents a 'DataLabels' object.

Remarks

Setting the value of this property sets the AutoText property of all DataLabel objects contained by the collection. This property returns True only when the AutoText property for all DataLabel objects contained in the collection is set to True; otherwise, this property returns False.

Example

Note

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

The following example sets the data labels for series one of the first chart in the active document to automatically generate appropriate text.

With ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1)
    If .HasChart Then
        .Chart.SeriesCollection(1). _
            DataLabels.AutoText = True
    End If
End With

See also

DataLabels Object

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