Saving Individual RGB Custom Colors

[Julie]

How do I save individual custom colors that my company uses for PowerPoints -
I DON'T want a theme, i just want to save my colors to add where I want to
use them.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Hi Julie,

Commonly this is done by using a sample slide with the various corporate
logos, shapes, styles, fonts, and colors to be used as part of the company
branding.

This slide is often inserted or used in the building process and is normally
hidden (or later deleted).

Bill Dilworth

 

[Old in Dallas]

I keep a list of the RGB settings - and yes, I wish PowerPoint had an
eyedropper!

 

[Julie]

Bill, I tried inserting a slide that contains examples of my corp. RGB
colors, but they do not appear when updating charts and other images as a
color option when selecting to fill an image w/ color for example.... ?

 

[Echo S]

Charts are based on the colors in your template. But you said you don't want
to apply the colors to the template/theme, so....

Maybe http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm will help you understand
what's going on. I haven't updated the 2007 page, but it's the same
principle.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

 

[Julie]

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, I'm not creating each chart from excel
myself - often times I am receiving charts from others and dropping them in
or having to request original excel files to fix the colors. It's a
collaborative effort here and it would be great if I could just click on my
corp color from the color chart rather than having to type in the RGB numbers
hundred's of times per day. Does this make sense?

Charts are based on the colors in your template. But you said you don't want
to apply the colors to the template/theme, so....

Maybe http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm will help you understand
what's going on. I haven't updated the 2007 page, but it's the same
principle.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

Bill, I tried inserting a slide that contains examples of my corp. RGB
colors, but they do not appear when updating charts and other images as a
color option when selecting to fill an image w/ color for example.... ?

 

[Echo S]

Well, if you'd create a theme, you could do that. You'd open the chart in
Excel (when you have the original file), apply your theme, and then paste it
into PPT. Because PPT would use the same theme, you'd be good to go.

(Basically what you are asking is not what you asked.)

Themes (this is in Office 2007) are ... oh, heck, just check this article I
wrote for Eli Journals a little while back:
http://www.elijournals.com/premier/showArticle.asp?aid=26655

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, I'm not creating each chart from
excel
myself - often times I am receiving charts from others and dropping them
in
or having to request original excel files to fix the colors. It's a
collaborative effort here and it would be great if I could just click on
my
corp color from the color chart rather than having to type in the RGB
numbers
hundred's of times per day. Does this make sense?

Charts are based on the colors in your template. But you said you don't
want
to apply the colors to the template/theme, so....

Maybe http://www.echosvoice.com/colorschemes.htm will help you understand
what's going on. I haven't updated the 2007 page, but it's the same
principle.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

Bill, I tried inserting a slide that contains examples of my corp. RGB
colors, but they do not appear when updating charts and other images as
a
color option when selecting to fill an image w/ color for example.... ?

:

Hi Julie,

Commonly this is done by using a sample slide with the various
corporate
logos, shapes, styles, fonts, and colors to be used as part of the
company
branding.

This slide is often inserted or used in the building process and is
normally
hidden (or later deleted).

Bill Dilworth

How do I save individual custom colors that my company uses for
PowerPoints -
I DON'T want a theme, i just want to save my colors to add where I
want
to
use them.