Hi Group
When I insert / edit a label on the y/x axis in charts, .ppt defaults
this as bold text, which I have to manually change every time - does
anyone know a way round this?
Echo S said:Thanks for posting your original question and the responses. I couldn't see
them because the original thread is about a month old and I don't have my
system set to keep messages that long.
I think that now that you've told PPT not to let charts take on the PPT
font, you'll need to redo the steps to create a new default chart.
Make sure to select the *chart area* (not an individual thing on the
chart -- e.g., the plot area, the x-axis, etc.) and remove autoscale in the
fonts tab and format the font to "regular" and an appropriate size. This
will make those font attributes apply to everything in the chart. If you
need individual things to be formatted differently, then do the overall
chart area thing and then go back in and format the individual pieces.
You'll have to actually add the things to be able to change them in this
manner -- so add a legend and format it the way you want. Add a chart title
and format it the way you want. etc.
Then save as a user-defined chart, giving it a name when asked to do so in
the user-defined area. You may have to go back and select that chart after
it's created and then check the "set as default chart" option.
After you do that, you can delete the legend (or chart title or whatever)
and reset the default chart once again if you don't want a legend (or chart
title or whatever) in your default chart.
The legend issue could also be related to your slide color scheme. If the
background and text colors in your color scheme are backwards, it can affect
your chart background and font colors. This happens usually when you've used
a photo or an autoshape as your slide background yet neglected to change the
slide color scheme to reflect that. See
http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm for more information on how color
schemes work.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Atogeniqua said:Hi Echo
It appears my original question has become valid.
When I insert charts, the formatting is the way I want it - thanks for
that.
However when I edit the x/y axis labels, these come out bold.
Also when I insert a legend, this comes out in a white filled, black
bordered box (the default?)
Thanks
Atogeniqua
I am having problems with my user defined chart not "holding" the
format... Can somebody please please help me? I have about 5 of them
and when I make a new chart and then select my user defined chart
type all the colors are wrong including everything else.
HELP!!!!!!!!!
Echo S said:Thanks for posting your original question and the responses. I
couldn't see them because the original thread is about a month old
and I don't have my system set to keep messages that long.
I think that now that you've told PPT not to let charts take on the
PPT font, you'll need to redo the steps to create a new default
chart.
Make sure to select the *chart area* (not an individual thing on the
chart -- e.g., the plot area, the x-axis, etc.) and remove autoscale
in the fonts tab and format the font to "regular" and an appropriate
size. This will make those font attributes apply to everything in
the chart. If you need individual things to be formatted
differently, then do the overall chart area thing and then go back
in and format the individual pieces. You'll have to actually add the
things to be able to change them in this manner -- so add a legend
and format it the way you want. Add a chart title and format it the
way you want. etc.
Then save as a user-defined chart, giving it a name when asked to do
so in the user-defined area. You may have to go back and select that
chart after it's created and then check the "set as default chart"
option.
After you do that, you can delete the legend (or chart title or
whatever) and reset the default chart once again if you don't want a
legend (or chart title or whatever) in your default chart.
The legend issue could also be related to your slide color scheme.
If the background and text colors in your color scheme are
backwards, it can affect your chart background and font colors. This
happens usually when you've used a photo or an autoshape as your
slide background yet neglected to change the slide color scheme to
reflect that. See http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm for
more information on how color schemes work.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Atogeniqua said:Hi Echo
It appears my original question has become valid.
When I insert charts, the formatting is the way I want it - thanks
for that.
However when I edit the x/y axis labels, these come out bold.
Also when I insert a legend, this comes out in a white filled, black
bordered box (the default?)
Thanks
Atogeniqua
Echo S said:The colors are dependent on your slide color scheme--assuming that you
assigned color scheme colors to your user-defined charts.
See http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm for specifics. Start with
Color Schemes I, not with color schemes and MS Graph.
As far as "everything else," that's way too vague to even attempt. You'll
have to provide more details on that one.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
I am having problems with my user defined chart not "holding" the
format... Can somebody please please help me? I have about 5 of them
and when I make a new chart and then select my user defined chart
type all the colors are wrong including everything else.
HELP!!!!!!!!!
Echo S said:Thanks for posting your original question and the responses. I
couldn't see them because the original thread is about a month old
and I don't have my system set to keep messages that long.
I think that now that you've told PPT not to let charts take on the
PPT font, you'll need to redo the steps to create a new default
chart.
Make sure to select the *chart area* (not an individual thing on the
chart -- e.g., the plot area, the x-axis, etc.) and remove autoscale
in the fonts tab and format the font to "regular" and an appropriate
size. This will make those font attributes apply to everything in
the chart. If you need individual things to be formatted
differently, then do the overall chart area thing and then go back
in and format the individual pieces. You'll have to actually add the
things to be able to change them in this manner -- so add a legend
and format it the way you want. Add a chart title and format it the
way you want. etc.
Then save as a user-defined chart, giving it a name when asked to do
so in the user-defined area. You may have to go back and select that
chart after it's created and then check the "set as default chart"
option.
After you do that, you can delete the legend (or chart title or
whatever) and reset the default chart once again if you don't want a
legend (or chart title or whatever) in your default chart.
The legend issue could also be related to your slide color scheme.
If the background and text colors in your color scheme are
backwards, it can affect your chart background and font colors. This
happens usually when you've used a photo or an autoshape as your
slide background yet neglected to change the slide color scheme to
reflect that. See http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm for
more information on how color schemes work.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Hi Echo
It appears my original question has become valid.
When I insert charts, the formatting is the way I want it - thanks
for that.
However when I edit the x/y axis labels, these come out bold.
Also when I insert a legend, this comes out in a white filled, black
bordered box (the default?)
Thanks
Atogeniqua
Nancy said:How do you assign color scheme colors to a user-defined chart?
Echo S said:The colors are dependent on your slide color scheme--assuming that you
assigned color scheme colors to your user-defined charts.
See http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm for specifics. Start with
Color Schemes I, not with color schemes and MS Graph.
As far as "everything else," that's way too vague to even attempt. You'll
have to provide more details on that one.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
I am having problems with my user defined chart not "holding" the
format... Can somebody please please help me? I have about 5 of them
and when I make a new chart and then select my user defined chart
type all the colors are wrong including everything else.
HELP!!!!!!!!!
:
Thanks for posting your original question and the responses. I
couldn't see them because the original thread is about a month old
and I don't have my system set to keep messages that long.
I think that now that you've told PPT not to let charts take on the
PPT font, you'll need to redo the steps to create a new default
chart.
Make sure to select the *chart area* (not an individual thing on the
chart -- e.g., the plot area, the x-axis, etc.) and remove autoscale
in the fonts tab and format the font to "regular" and an appropriate
size. This will make those font attributes apply to everything in
the chart. If you need individual things to be formatted
differently, then do the overall chart area thing and then go back
in and format the individual pieces. You'll have to actually add the
things to be able to change them in this manner -- so add a legend
and format it the way you want. Add a chart title and format it the
way you want. etc.
Then save as a user-defined chart, giving it a name when asked to do
so in the user-defined area. You may have to go back and select that
chart after it's created and then check the "set as default chart"
option.
After you do that, you can delete the legend (or chart title or
whatever) and reset the default chart once again if you don't want a
legend (or chart title or whatever) in your default chart.
The legend issue could also be related to your slide color scheme.
If the background and text colors in your color scheme are
backwards, it can affect your chart background and font colors. This
happens usually when you've used a photo or an autoshape as your
slide background yet neglected to change the slide color scheme to
reflect that. See http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm for
more information on how color schemes work.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Hi Echo
It appears my original question has become valid.
When I insert charts, the formatting is the way I want it - thanks
for that.
However when I edit the x/y axis labels, these come out bold.
Also when I insert a legend, this comes out in a white filled, black
bordered box (the default?)
Thanks
Atogeniqua
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