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title: Chart.ProtectContents property (Excel)
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- vbaxl10.chm148090
ms.prod: excel
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- Excel.Chart.ProtectContents
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ms.date: 04/16/2019
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# Chart.ProtectContents property (Excel)
**True** if the contents of the sheet are protected. For a chart, this protects the entire chart. To turn on content protection, use the **[Protect](Excel.Chart.Protect.md)** method with the _Contents_ argument set to **True**. Read-only **Boolean**.

## Syntax
_expression_.**ProtectContents**
_expression_ A variable that represents a **[Chart](Excel.Chart(object).md)** object.


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