Marketing Plan Pro Tip: Changing colors

You can easily customize the look of your marketing charts by changing the colors. Here’s how:

To change the colors in all your charts:

• On the Tools menu, point to Options and click Charts.
• Click on the Colors tab.
• Click the pull-down arrow and scroll through the list to see different palette options.
• Highlight the new color palette name and click OK.

To change the colors in a single chart:

• On the Chart formatting toolbar, click Custom Format.
  • Use the Palette button to change the entire chart.
  • OR, right-click on the data series (line, bar, or area) you would like to change and select one of the options that appears.
• For more detailed changes to background, gridline, or chart box colors, click the custom format Properties button, and change the settings on the General and Y Axis tabs.

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Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm within Sales and Marketing Pro. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.