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I have created a graphic with autoshapes in Powerpoint and am looking to
color now. I have added lines to the graphic and need to shade the different
sections -
Is there anyway to do this without recreating the graphic?
 
Sparky said:
I have created a graphic with autoshapes in Powerpoint and am looking to
color now. I have added lines to the graphic and need to shade the different
sections -
Is there anyway to do this without recreating the graphic?
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If I understand your question, and I think I do, you'll want to familiarize
yourself with the 'new' Ribbon. Once the shape you've created is selected,
you should see a tab for "Format" in the Ribbon; which you can then change
fill color, outline color, effects, etc. You can also right click the
selected shape and scroll down to "Format shape". There's also a third way,
which is more global then the selective methods I suggested above, which is
to change the "Theme color" from the Design tab. Hope these suggestions help.
 
There's no easy way to do what you want. You can't fill areas like you can in
a paint program. How complex is the aotoshape?
 
5 layers of concentric circles. Pretty complex. I am open to any and all
suggestions.

Should I redo this in Paint?
 
Thanks John - we are working on it here and we have turned it over to a
graphic artist. Part of each circle (I don't think I explained this very
well) was separated by different lines. Each section of the one circle
needed to be shaded slightly different than the one next to it. The circle
in the next layer needed to be darker than all of the previous layer (to show
continuity.) I appreciate your help and willingness to respond - I truly do
appreciate it. If there is a way to do this, please let me know!
 
I have created a graphic with autoshapes in Powerpoint and am looking to
color now. I have added lines to the graphic and need to shade the different
sections -
Is there anyway to do this without recreating the graphic?
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If John's suggestions don't work out (and I'd try it his way first), here's
another option:

Select the graphic, group it, make it fairly large then choose Edit, Copy.

Then switch to a paint program and paste in the graphic. You should now be able
to flood fill (ie, paint bucket or similar tool) as usual. Save it as a PNG
then use Insert, Picture, From File to bring it back into PPT.
 
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