How do I disable Powerpoint's default behavior in changing the line colors
when I copy a graph from Excel to Powerpoint? I can't even change the line
colors in Powerpoint; it seems to only allows me to change the color point by
point, which seems rather ridiculous. I've plotted a scatter graph with 3
lines connecting 3 sets of points. All I want is the colors of the lines to
stay red, green, and blue (their colors changed to white, brown, and red
against a black background, which is *far* from what I really want). I'm
using Office 07 in Vista.

Thanks.

To avoid having to edit after the fact, be sure that the Color Schemes in
both Excel and PowerPoint are the same.
--
Sandy Johnson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)

Join us at the PowerPoint Live User Conference.
October 28-31, 2007 • New Orleans
www.powerpointlive.com.


"sbkang" wrote:

> How do I disable Powerpoint's default behavior in changing the line colors
> when I copy a graph from Excel to Powerpoint? I can't even change the line
> colors in Powerpoint; it seems to only allows me to change the color point by
> point, which seems rather ridiculous. I've plotted a scatter graph with 3
> lines connecting 3 sets of points. All I want is the colors of the lines to
> stay red, green, and blue (their colors changed to white, brown, and red
> against a black background, which is *far* from what I really want). I'm
> using Office 07 in Vista.
>
> Thanks.

Sandy,

Thanks for the quick response. The colors now show up correct.


"Sandy" wrote:

> To avoid having to edit after the fact, be sure that the Color Schemes in
> both Excel and PowerPoint are the same.
> --
> Sandy Johnson
> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
>
> Join us at the PowerPoint Live User Conference.
> October 28-31, 2007 • New Orleans
> www.powerpointlive.com.
>
>
> "sbkang" wrote:
>
> > How do I disable Powerpoint's default behavior in changing the line colors
> > when I copy a graph from Excel to Powerpoint? I can't even change the line
> > colors in Powerpoint; it seems to only allows me to change the color point by
> > point, which seems rather ridiculous. I've plotted a scatter graph with 3
> > lines connecting 3 sets of points. All I want is the colors of the lines to
> > stay red, green, and blue (their colors changed to white, brown, and red
> > against a black background, which is *far* from what I really want). I'm
> > using Office 07 in Vista.
> >
> > Thanks.

In addition to what Sandy said: Do not choose the colors from the theme
colors, if you use different sets of theme colors in Excel and PowerPoint.
Choose standard colors instead, they will not change.

Best regards,
Ute

--
Ute Simon
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage,
14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de
"Sandy" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> To avoid having to edit after the fact, be sure that the Color Schemes in
> both Excel and PowerPoint are the same.
> --
> Sandy Johnson
> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
>
> Join us at the PowerPoint Live User Conference.
> October 28-31, 2007 . New Orleans
> www.powerpointlive.com.
>
>
> "sbkang" wrote:
>
>> How do I disable Powerpoint's default behavior in changing the line
>> colors
>> when I copy a graph from Excel to Powerpoint? I can't even change the
>> line
>> colors in Powerpoint; it seems to only allows me to change the color
>> point by
>> point, which seems rather ridiculous. I've plotted a scatter graph with 3
>> lines connecting 3 sets of points. All I want is the colors of the lines
>> to
>> stay red, green, and blue (their colors changed to white, brown, and red
>> against a black background, which is *far* from what I really want). I'm
>> using Office 07 in Vista.
>>
>> Thanks.

In addition to the other advice you received, here is information on
recoloring Excel charts quickly in PPT (without having to make the color
schemes the same):

http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


"sbkang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do I disable Powerpoint's default behavior in changing the line colors
> when I copy a graph from Excel to Powerpoint? I can't even change the line
> colors in Powerpoint; it seems to only allows me to change the color point
> by
> point, which seems rather ridiculous. I've plotted a scatter graph with 3
> lines connecting 3 sets of points. All I want is the colors of the lines
> to
> stay red, green, and blue (their colors changed to white, brown, and red
> against a black background, which is *far* from what I really want). I'm
> using Office 07 in Vista.
>
> Thanks.