How do I save the custom colors pallete in PowerPoint?

[lizajane90]

I've created 5 custom colors but they won't automatically apply to a new line
chart when I select that layout. What am I doing wrong or is this a problem
for everyone? I've tried changing the color scheme and it won't apply either.
Seems to work fine on the pies and bars, but not the line chart. And when I
tried to fix the colors manually, they weren't showing in my color palette
anymore. Please help. Thanks.

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

The lines use a different default color -- have you changed all the colors
(8 in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier, 12 in PowerPoint 207) in the Color
Schemes / Theme Colors?

 

[Echo S]

This should help you understand what's happening.

http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm That page has a link specific to
color schemes and MS Graph, too.

 

[lizajane90]

So basically the user still must go in and manually change the line colors on
each chart, but they'll be there in the color palette now, correct? I was
hoping for something more user-friendly, but this will do with a little extra
direction. Thanks!

This should help you understand what's happening.

http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm That page has a link specific to
color schemes and MS Graph, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I've created 5 custom colors but they won't automatically apply to a new
line
chart when I select that layout. What am I doing wrong or is this a
problem
for everyone? I've tried changing the color scheme and it won't apply
either.
Seems to work fine on the pies and bars, but not the line chart. And when
I
tried to fix the colors manually, they weren't showing in my color palette
anymore. Please help. Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

No. The user will only get 6 of the color scheme colors, and those will be
applied to the chart automatically in the order described in the page about
colors and MSGraph. If you need those 5 colors and need them to be applied
automatically, you need to set up the color scheme to use them.

The upper part of the chart color palette resets itself each time the user
creates a new chart. Users can go in and choose from those colors -- but
they're not custom colors. If you change those colors, they still reset back
to their defaults in each new chart.

Now, if you want to create a sample chart that uses modified colors from the
palette above (modify them using Tools | Options | Color when you have a
chart activated), users can copy that chart (or the slide with that chart)
and change the data, and that custom color palette will remain. But it (It
being the color palette above) quite simply does not maintain itself when a
new chart is created.

You said below that you tried changing the color scheme but it doesn't work
for line charts -- only for bars and pies. That is strange -- what is not
working?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

So basically the user still must go in and manually change the line colors
on
each chart, but they'll be there in the color palette now, correct? I was
hoping for something more user-friendly, but this will do with a little
extra
direction. Thanks!

This should help you understand what's happening.

http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm That page has a link specific
to
color schemes and MS Graph, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I've created 5 custom colors but they won't automatically apply to a
new
line
chart when I select that layout. What am I doing wrong or is this a
problem
for everyone? I've tried changing the color scheme and it won't apply
either.
Seems to work fine on the pies and bars, but not the line chart. And
when
I
tried to fix the colors manually, they weren't showing in my color
palette
anymore. Please help. Thanks.

 

[lizajane90]

When I choose a combination line/bar chart, only the bars pick up the custom
colors. The lines pick up the brights. I think I'm going to create a custom
chart that people can duplicate and write over or just train them a bit on
how to change the colors themselves. Thanks for everything!

No. The user will only get 6 of the color scheme colors, and those will be
applied to the chart automatically in the order described in the page about
colors and MSGraph. If you need those 5 colors and need them to be applied
automatically, you need to set up the color scheme to use them.

The upper part of the chart color palette resets itself each time the user
creates a new chart. Users can go in and choose from those colors -- but
they're not custom colors. If you change those colors, they still reset back
to their defaults in each new chart.

Now, if you want to create a sample chart that uses modified colors from the
palette above (modify them using Tools | Options | Color when you have a
chart activated), users can copy that chart (or the slide with that chart)
and change the data, and that custom color palette will remain. But it (It
being the color palette above) quite simply does not maintain itself when a
new chart is created.

You said below that you tried changing the color scheme but it doesn't work
for line charts -- only for bars and pies. That is strange -- what is not
working?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

So basically the user still must go in and manually change the line colors
on
each chart, but they'll be there in the color palette now, correct? I was
hoping for something more user-friendly, but this will do with a little
extra
direction. Thanks!

This should help you understand what's happening.

http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm That page has a link specific
to
color schemes and MS Graph, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


I've created 5 custom colors but they won't automatically apply to a
new
line
chart when I select that layout. What am I doing wrong or is this a
problem
for everyone? I've tried changing the color scheme and it won't apply
either.
Seems to work fine on the pies and bars, but not the line chart. And
when
I
tried to fix the colors manually, they weren't showing in my color
palette
anymore. Please help. Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

Oh, how interesting. I'd not noticed that before. Thanks for the info!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

When I choose a combination line/bar chart, only the bars pick up the
custom
colors. The lines pick up the brights. I think I'm going to create a
custom
chart that people can duplicate and write over or just train them a bit on
how to change the colors themselves. Thanks for everything!

No. The user will only get 6 of the color scheme colors, and those will
be
applied to the chart automatically in the order described in the page
about
colors and MSGraph. If you need those 5 colors and need them to be
applied
automatically, you need to set up the color scheme to use them.

The upper part of the chart color palette resets itself each time the
user
creates a new chart. Users can go in and choose from those colors -- but
they're not custom colors. If you change those colors, they still reset
back
to their defaults in each new chart.

Now, if you want to create a sample chart that uses modified colors from
the
palette above (modify them using Tools | Options | Color when you have a
chart activated), users can copy that chart (or the slide with that
chart)
and change the data, and that custom color palette will remain. But it
(It
being the color palette above) quite simply does not maintain itself when
a
new chart is created.

You said below that you tried changing the color scheme but it doesn't
work
for line charts -- only for bars and pies. That is strange -- what is not
working?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

So basically the user still must go in and manually change the line
colors
on
each chart, but they'll be there in the color palette now, correct? I
was
hoping for something more user-friendly, but this will do with a little
extra
direction. Thanks!

:


This should help you understand what's happening.

http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm That page has a link
specific
to
color schemes and MS Graph, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


I've created 5 custom colors but they won't automatically apply to a
new
line
chart when I select that layout. What am I doing wrong or is this a
problem
for everyone? I've tried changing the color scheme and it won't
apply
either.
Seems to work fine on the pies and bars, but not the line chart. And
when
I
tried to fix the colors manually, they weren't showing in my color
palette
anymore. Please help. Thanks.

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Thanks for getting back.

- Geetesh

When I choose a combination line/bar chart, only the bars pick up the
custom
colors. The lines pick up the brights. I think I'm going to create a
custom
chart that people can duplicate and write over or just train them a bit on
how to change the colors themselves. Thanks for everything!

No. The user will only get 6 of the color scheme colors, and those will
be
applied to the chart automatically in the order described in the page
about
colors and MSGraph. If you need those 5 colors and need them to be
applied
automatically, you need to set up the color scheme to use them.

The upper part of the chart color palette resets itself each time the
user
creates a new chart. Users can go in and choose from those colors -- but
they're not custom colors. If you change those colors, they still reset
back
to their defaults in each new chart.

Now, if you want to create a sample chart that uses modified colors from
the
palette above (modify them using Tools | Options | Color when you have a
chart activated), users can copy that chart (or the slide with that
chart)
and change the data, and that custom color palette will remain. But it
(It
being the color palette above) quite simply does not maintain itself when
a
new chart is created.

You said below that you tried changing the color scheme but it doesn't
work
for line charts -- only for bars and pies. That is strange -- what is not
working?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

So basically the user still must go in and manually change the line
colors
on
each chart, but they'll be there in the color palette now, correct? I
was
hoping for something more user-friendly, but this will do with a little
extra
direction. Thanks!

:


This should help you understand what's happening.

http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm That page has a link
specific
to
color schemes and MS Graph, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


I've created 5 custom colors but they won't automatically apply to a
new
line
chart when I select that layout. What am I doing wrong or is this a
problem
for everyone? I've tried changing the color scheme and it won't
apply
either.
Seems to work fine on the pies and bars, but not the line chart. And
when
I
tried to fix the colors manually, they weren't showing in my color
palette
anymore. Please help. Thanks.