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Chart.ProtectFormatting Property

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Excel Developer Reference

True if chart formatting cannot be modified by the user. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.ProtectFormatting

expression   A variable that represents a Chart object.

Remarks

This property is not persisted when the file is saved. If you set this property to True and then reopen the file, it will no longer be set to True.

Example

This example protects the formatting of embedded chart one on worksheet one.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Worksheets(1).ChartObjects(1).Chart.ProtectFormatting = True

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