TickLabels.Offset Property (PowerPoint)
Returns or sets the distance between the levels of labels, and the distance between the first level and the axis line. Read/write Long.
Version Information
Version Added: PowerPoint 2007
Syntax
expression .Offset
expression A variable that represents a TickLabels object.
Remarks
The default distance is 100 percent, which represents the default spacing between the axis labels and the axis line. The value can be an integer percentage from 0 through 1000, relative to the axis label’s font size.
Example
Note
Although the following code applies to Microsoft Word, you can readily modify it to apply to PowerPoint.
The following example sets the label spacing of the category axis for the first chart in the active document to twice the current setting, if the offset is less than 500.
With ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1)
If .HasChart Then
With .Chart.Axes(xlCategory).TickLabels
If .Offset < 500 then
.Offset = .Offset * 2
End If
End With
End If
End With