PowerPoint: Color Pallet Not Saved As Default
PSS ID Number: Q103502
Article last modified on 09-15-1993
PSS database name: M_PowerPt

3.00

MACINTOSH


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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Custom changes made to the color palette in Graph will not be used by
PowerPoint.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you create a new chart in PowerPoint, any custom changes made to
the default graph are ignored. In addition, if the palette for a graph
object has been customized, PowerPoint will ignore those custom
settings unless the Recolor Graph option to have the graph follow only
the text and background colors has been selected.

If you have created a graph object with a custom palette that you want
to use in additional charts in PowerPoint, you can do the following:

1. Run Graph and create a chart and make the desired changes to the
   color pallet.

2. From the File menu in Graph, choose Set As Default Chart.

3. From the File menu, choose Update.

4. From the File menu, choose Quit And Return To <your chart>, where
   <your chart> is the name of your chart.

5. Select the chart.

6. From the Edit menu, choose Duplicate.

7. Select the new chart.

8. From the Object menu, choose Recolor Graph.

9. Select Follow Text and Background Colors. Choose OK.

11. Double-click the chart to launch Graph and make any changes
    you want to the chart. It will now use the colors you defined in 
    the color pallet.

Charts created using this method can be pasted into other
presentations and will retain their custom colors. They can then be
used to launch Graph, and their colors will serve as the default
colors for any additional graphs created in those presentations.

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