Hi,
This is a know problem,
http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqPivot.html#ChartFormat
Cheers
Andy
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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"Ty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In Excel 2003 I do the following:
>
> Format Data Series
>
> Pattern Tab->Area->None
> Select my color
> Hit OK
>
> Everything is fine.
>
> The problem is when I right click my pivot info and select the "!" for
> REFRESH.
>
> PROBLEM:
> Color changes back
>
> Is there a way to keep the selected color?
>
> Thanks in advance..