Data Element Colors

Specify the order in which colors should be used for the data elements (such as bars and markers) in your new chart. Colors are used whenever you select a choice that includes color in the Style Cycle Preference group in the main Chart Options dialog box.

For example, if you create a clustered bar chart with two groups and you select Cycle through colors, then patterns in the main Chart Options dialog box, the first two colors in the Grouped Charts list are used as the bar colors on the new chart.

To Change the Order in Which Colors Are Used

1. Select Simple Charts and then select a color that is used for charts without categories.
2. Select Grouped Charts to change the color cycle for charts with categories. To change a category's color, select a category and then select a color for that category from the palette.

Optionally, you can:

• Insert a new category above the selected category.
• Move a selected category.
• Remove a selected category.
• Reset the sequence to the default sequence.
• Edit a color by selecting its well and then clicking Edit.