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Denise
Hi everyone. As I was working on a presentation over the weekend, I created
a few custom colors like I learned at PowerPoint Live (thanks Glenna and
Sonia!) (separate files saved as JPEGS then colored the graph with the
picture option) but I've stumbled on another way to do it and I kind of like
it. This works in v. XP, I do not know if it works in earlier versions. For
all I know, they've made it even easier in 2003 - I will find out in a few
weeks when I get my copy.
Once you have created a graph within PowerPoint (and still in the graphing
screen), choose TOOLS, then OPTIONS. Now you will see the color palette that
we all see when we pick colors for our graphs. You can select a color, then
click MODIFY to change it. There is also a RESET button underneath to revert
back to PowerPoint's auto settings.
I thought this was great!!! Now I can make vertical gradients again, where I
couldn't before by filling it with a picture. Bad news is it only works on
that particular graph. I just got around that by duplicating the slide (or
copying and pasting the graph to a new slide). I was hoping the color
palette would at least hold up throughout the entire file, but oh well...a
girl can dream of things to come in another version of PPT I suppose. I
hope this is helpful to some of you - maybe it is old news though. That's
why I need to start reading the newsgroup every couple of days.
Have a great day!
Denise
a few custom colors like I learned at PowerPoint Live (thanks Glenna and
Sonia!) (separate files saved as JPEGS then colored the graph with the
picture option) but I've stumbled on another way to do it and I kind of like
it. This works in v. XP, I do not know if it works in earlier versions. For
all I know, they've made it even easier in 2003 - I will find out in a few
weeks when I get my copy.
Once you have created a graph within PowerPoint (and still in the graphing
screen), choose TOOLS, then OPTIONS. Now you will see the color palette that
we all see when we pick colors for our graphs. You can select a color, then
click MODIFY to change it. There is also a RESET button underneath to revert
back to PowerPoint's auto settings.
I thought this was great!!! Now I can make vertical gradients again, where I
couldn't before by filling it with a picture. Bad news is it only works on
that particular graph. I just got around that by duplicating the slide (or
copying and pasting the graph to a new slide). I was hoping the color
palette would at least hold up throughout the entire file, but oh well...a
girl can dream of things to come in another version of PPT I suppose.
Ihope this is helpful to some of you - maybe it is old news though. That's
why I need to start reading the newsgroup every couple of days.
Have a great day!
Denise