Grayscale Settings for Tables in PowerPoint 2007

[Guest]

When I select a table in PowerPoint, the Grayscale settings buttons are
grayed out. PowerPoint tables seem to be set to Automatic, so gray or light
colored borders appear black. Word embedded tables seem to be set to the
setting Grayscale, but I'm surprised that the settings buttons are
inaccessible. Are these the expected behaviors?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

When I select a table in PowerPoint, the Grayscale settings buttons are
grayed out. PowerPoint tables seem to be set to Automatic, so gray or light
colored borders appear black. Word embedded tables seem to be set to the
setting Grayscale, but I'm surprised that the settings buttons are
inaccessible. Are these the expected behaviors?

Expected by MS? I'm not sure. But you're right, it doesn't work as us mortals
might expect.

Tables and charts (same thing's true of charts, you'll notice) are quite
different animals than they were in earlier PPT versions. Perhaps this is
simply an oversight, something that got left out of the new implementation.

I've reported it; will get back if I learn more.

Meanwhile, you can copy the table/chart then Paste Special, as EMF to get
something that does respond to grayscale settings.