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Axis.DisplayUnit Property

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Excel Developer Reference

Returns or sets the unit label for the value axis. Read/write XlDisplayUnit, xlCustom, or xlNone.

Syntax

expression.DisplayUnit

expression   A variable that represents an Axis object.

Remarks

XlDisplayUnit can be one of these XlDisplayUnit constants.
xlHundredMillions
xlHundredThousands
xlMillions
xlTenThousands
xlThousands
xlHundreds
xlMillionMillions
xlTenMillions
xlThousandMillions
The unit label can also be one of the following constants
xlCustom
xlNone

Using unit labels when charting large values makes your tick mark labels easier to read. For example, if you label your value axis in units of hundreds, thousands, or millions, you can use smaller numeric values at the tick marks on the axis.

Example

This example sets the units displayed on the value axis in Chart1 to hundreds.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Charts("Chart1").Axes(xlValue)
    .DisplayUnit = xlHundreds
    .HasTitle = True
    .AxisTitle.Caption = "Rebate Amounts"
End With

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