PowerPoint graphs: applying color palette

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I have two presentations: One with colors, layouts, etc. and one with all
the text, graphs, etc. I need to apply the attributes of the first
presentation into the second. Specifically, there is a pie chart in the
first that has the colors and labels the way they should be, which needs to
be applied to the real chart in the second presentation. The problem is,
however I try changing the real chart, the colors end up matching the
slide's color scheme, which is different than the template chart's color
palette. The slide color scheme on the template slide is the same as that
on the "real" slide, but the template chart's colors are something
completely different, so simply applying the template's slide color scheme
doesn't work. I've tried saving the template chart as a custom chart type
within MS Graph, which seems to save fine. But when I apply it in the othe
r presentation, the colors revert to the slide color scheme! Am I missing
something? Thanks for any help!
 
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Steve Rindsberg

Freelancer via said:
I have two presentations: One with colors, layouts, etc. and one with all
the text, graphs, etc. I need to apply the attributes of the first
presentation into the second. Specifically, there is a pie chart in the
first that has the colors and labels the way they should be, which needs to
be applied to the real chart in the second presentation. The problem is,
however I try changing the real chart, the colors end up matching the
slide's color scheme, which is different than the template chart's color
palette. The slide color scheme on the template slide is the same as that
on the "real" slide, but the template chart's colors are something
completely different, so simply applying the template's slide color scheme
doesn't work. I've tried saving the template chart as a custom chart type
within MS Graph, which seems to save fine. But when I apply it in the othe
r presentation, the colors revert to the slide color scheme! Am I missing
something? Thanks for any help!

Let us know what version of PowerPoint you use (and note that you may get
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http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00275.htm
 
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Freelancer via OfficeKB.com

Oh, thanks. Didn't know about the newsgroup.

I'm using PowerPoint 2003, Windows XP.
 
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Steve Rindsberg

Freelancer via said:
I have two presentations: One with colors, layouts, etc. and one with all
the text, graphs, etc. I need to apply the attributes of the first
presentation into the second. Specifically, there is a pie chart in the
first that has the colors and labels the way they should be, which needs to
be applied to the real chart in the second presentation. The problem is,
however I try changing the real chart, the colors end up matching the
slide's color scheme, which is different than the template chart's color
palette. The slide color scheme on the template slide is the same as that
on the "real" slide, but the template chart's colors are something
completely different, so simply applying the template's slide color scheme
doesn't work. I've tried saving the template chart as a custom chart type
within MS Graph, which seems to save fine. But when I apply it in the othe
r presentation, the colors revert to the slide color scheme! Am I missing
something? Thanks for any help!

Replying to your original post so we can keep your description of the problem
intact. (your other reply noted: PPT2003, Windows XP)

I think this should help: PowerPoint/MSGraph will change the chart colors to
match the color scheme by default, but that's only because the default colors
in the chart (the ones that change anyhow) are assigned from the color chips
that are linked to the PPT color scheme (for want of a better way of putting
it).

If you activate the chart, choose a data series then go to the Format Data
Series dialog box, Patterns tab and look under Area, you'll see that there are
7 rows of color "chips". The 6th row colors change to match the PPT color
scheme. The others don't, so assign your colors from the other rows and they
should stay put.
 

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