As Markus pointed out, data tables are not too flexible when it comes to
formatting. Tushar Mehta has a tutorial that illustrates a much more
flexible way to make a data table on your chart:

http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgr...able/index.htm

John Mansfield has a similar example:

http://www.pdbook.com/index.php/exce...n_data_tables/

- Jon
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Peltier Technical Services
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http://PeltierTech.com/
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momo wrote:

When I change the color of my font in a data table that I attached to my
column chart, the first cell or what appears to be the name for my first
column along the x-axis will not change color. WHY?