How do I create a master chart format in Powerpoint?

[Guest]

My company works exclusively with PowerPoint for client presentations,
proposals and reports. A very common problem we encounter is the ability to
create a consistent chart format. When creating a new chart, PowerPoint
provides a 3-D black and white chart with lines around the graph bars and
chart area, gridlines, labeled axises, and a legend. Most of the time, I
require a color scheme that coordinate with our client, 1-dimensional chart,
completely line-free, sometimes legend-free graph. With 50 slides + on
average per report all displaying graphs, individually changing the chart
colors, lines, etc. etc. becomes tedious. There seems like there should be
an easier solution.

Is there a way to define format specifics for charts? I liken this to the
slide master or slide template but it does not appear to be available for
charts. Is there a way to do this?

 

[Echo S]

It's unusual for your default chart to be black and white. You might want to
reset your default chart style and also create some user-defined charts. You
can set the default chart back to the original default style by opening a
chart and going to Chart|Chart Type|Custom Types click to select from User
Defines, click on Default in the list of types, and hit the Delete button.

Note that these user-defined chart styles are machine-specific. That is, if
you move the presentation to another computer and create a new chart, you
won't see your user-defined chart styles to base new charts on.

See also http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes3.htm and
http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm and
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00278.htm