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7 Charts
7.6 CHAREAFORMAT
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
100A H 100A H 100A H 100A H 100A H
This record describes the formatting attributes of the area of a chart object.
Record CHAREAFORMAT, BIFF2-BIFF5:
Offset Size Contents
0 4 RGB colour of the pattern (➜2.5.4)
4 4 RGB colour of the pattern background (➜2.5.4)
8 2 Fill pattern (➜2.5.12)
10 2 Additional flags:
Record CHAREAFORMAT, BIFF8:
Bit Mask Contents
0 0001 H 1 = Automatic area format, ignore all other fields above
1 0002 H 1 = Exchange pattern colours for negative data points
Offset Size Contents
0 4 Not used (Excel writes RGB colour of the pattern, but ignores it on import)
4 4 Not used (Excel writes RGB colour of the pattern background, but ignores it on import)
8 2 Fill pattern (➜2.5.12)
10 2 Additional flags (see above)
12 2 Colour index (➜5.74) for pattern colour
14 2 Colour index (➜5.74) for pattern background
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