AutoFormat Method
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Automatically formats the specified range, using a predefined format.
Syntax
expression**.AutoFormat(Format**, Number, Font, Alignment, Border, Pattern, Width)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Range object.
Format Optional Variant. The specified autoformat. Can be one of the following XlRangeAutoFormat constants:
| xlRangeAutoFormat3DEffects1
xlRangeAutoFormat3DEffects2 xlRangeAutoFormatAccounting1 xlRangeAutoFormatAccounting2 xlRangeAutoFormatAccounting3 xlRangeAutoFormatAccounting4 xlRangeAutoFormatClassic1 xlRangeAutoFormatClassic2 xlRangeAutoFormatClassic3 xlRangeAutoFormatClassicPivotTable xlRangeAutoFormatColor1 xlRangeAutoFormatColor2 xlRangeAutoFormatColor3 xlRangeAutoFormatList1 xlRangeAutoFormatList2 xlRangeAutoFormatList3 xlRangeAutoFormatLocalFormat1 xlRangeAutoFormatLocalFormat2 xlRangeAutoFormatLocalFormat3 xlRangeAutoFormatLocalFormat4 xlRangeAutoFormatNone xlRangeAutoFormatPTNone |
xlRangeAutoFormatReport1
xlRangeAutoFormatReport2 xlRangeAutoFormatReport3 xlRangeAutoFormatReport4 xlRangeAutoFormatReport5 xlRangeAutoFormatReport6 xlRangeAutoFormatReport7 xlRangeAutoFormatReport8 xlRangeAutoFormatReport9 xlRangeAutoFormatReport10 xlRangeAutoFormatSimple xlRangeAutoFormatTable1 xlRangeAutoFormatTable2 xlRangeAutoFormatTable3 xlRangeAutoFormatTable4 xlRangeAutoFormatTable5 xlRangeAutoFormatTable6 xlRangeAutoFormatTable7 xlRangeAutoFormatTable8 xlRangeAutoFormatTable9 xlRangeAutoFormatTable10 |
The default constant is xlRangeAutoFormatClassic1. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that youve selected or installed.
Number Optional Variant. True to include number formats in the autoformat. The default value is True.
Font Optional Variant. True to include font formats in the autoformat. The default value is True.
Alignment Optional Variant. True to include alignment in the autoformat. The default value is True.
Border Optional Variant. True to include border formats in the autoformat. The default value is True.
Pattern Optional Variant. True to include pattern formats in the autoformat. The default value is True.
Width Optional Variant. True to include column width and row height in the autoformat. The default value is True.
Remarks
If the range is a single cell, this method also formats the active region surrounding the cell. In other words, the following two statements are equivalent:
Cells("A1").AutoFormat
Cells("A1").CurrentRegion.AutoFormat