Learn to change fills and borders of the chart Data Series in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows. By default, Theme Accent colors are used but you can change to another color or also a pattern, texture, or a picture fill.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
Although the default fill and border (outline) that PowerPoint 2007 applies to charts may be perfectly adequate, you might want to play with the Chart Styles found in the Chart Tools Design tab of the Ribbon. All these Styles are based on the Office Theme you have applied to the active presentation. While this works great most of the time, there will be occasions when you may want to use a color for any of your data series that's not part of the Theme palette in your presentation. In times like these, you can control the fill and border of chart elements using the techniques explained on this page.
Before you get started with this tutorial, we suggest you have a chart inserted on your PowerPoint slide. We used a column chart for this example, but you can use some other chart type. Elsewhere on this site, you'll find individual tutorial pages that show you how you can insert a chart in PowerPoint 2007, and how you can change the chart type from one to another. Now let's go ahead and customize the look of the chart by changing the fill and the border characteristics.
Follow these steps to learn more:
See Also:
Chart Basics: Changing Fill and Border of Charts (Glossary Page)
Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows
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