Adjusting Gridline Color After Pasting Graph Data Sheet

 Last reviewed: September 10, 1996
Article ID: Q119804
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Graph for Windows, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b, 5.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, 2.0, 2.0e, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a

SUMMARY

When you copy a data sheet from Graph to the Clipboard and paste it into a PowerPoint slide, the gridlines always appear in the same color as the Window Text color in your Windows color scheme.

MORE INFORMATION

To change the color of the gridlines in your PowerPoint slide, you can use the Recolor command. This command is found under the following menus: 

   Version of PowerPoint             Menu
   --------------------------------------

   2.0                               Color
   3.0                               Object
   4.0, 4.0a                         Tools
You must use the Recolor command each time a data sheet is pasted onto a slide.

To change the default color for the gridlines, do the following:

  1. In Program Manager, open Control Panel.

  2. Double-click the Color icon.

  3. Click the Color Palette button.

  4. From the Screen Element list, choose Window Text.

  5. Select the desired color.

  6. Click OK.

Any data sheet you paste into PowerPoint from a newly created graph now has the selected color of gridlines; however, previously created data sheets do not automatically change to the new color.

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2.00 2.00e 3.00 3.00b 4.00 4.00a



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Last reviewed: September 10, 1996
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