Series.HasLeaderLines Property (PowerPoint)
True if the series has leader lines. Read/write Boolean.
Version Information
Version Added: PowerPoint 2007
Syntax
expression .HasLeaderLines
expression A variable that represents a Series object.
Remarks
This property applies only to pie charts.
Example
Note
Although the following code applies to Microsoft Word, you can readily modify it to apply to PowerPoint.
The following example adds data labels and blue leader lines to series one on the pie chart. If no leader lines are visible, this example code will fail. In this situation, you can manually drag one of the data labels away from the pie chart to make a leader line show up.
With ActiveDocument.InlineShapes(1)
If .HasChart Then
With .Chart.SeriesCollection(1)
.HasDataLabels = True
.DataLabels.Position = xlLabelPositionBestFit
.HasLeaderLines = True
.LeaderLines.Border.ColorIndex = 5
End With
End If
End With