Embedded Chart changing color

[skar3000]

Hi

We are using Office 2003 sp2, wen we embed charts from Excel the color
randomly changes to either pink or blue (from the customized red).
This happens when we double click to edit the charts, once the color there
is changed back its fine until the document is reopened a couple of times,
then the problem re-occurs.
Chart Axis also swop around in excel(X becomes Z and Z becomes X), could
this be a problem with Microsoft graph?

Any suggestions please?

Thank You
Skar

 

[Echo S]

The Excel charts may be updating to match the slide color scheme. How this
works (or not) will depend on which colors were used when the chart was
created. If you used the default colors in Excel (the periwinkle, maroon,
etc.), they may update automatically to match the slide color scheme. (Or
you may be able to do it manually -- see link below). If you used the other
colors in the palette or pulled the colors from another workbook, they
should stay the same as they were.

Here's more info that may help the original poster understand. It's geared
toward PPT's MS Graph, but it's kind of relevant to Excel, too.
http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm (read this and the two links on this
page to color schemes and Graph + color schemes). The palette in Excel
doesn't reset to its original colors the way PPT's MS Graph does, though.

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