You can run the following in VBA (Alt+F11, then Ctrl+G):
ActiveChart.ChartGroups(1).Has3DShading = False

You can then save this as a new template for future charts.


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Thanks,
Christopher

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"rossu" wrote:

When I create a flat contour chart, XL insists on making all the areas
teselated surfaces so that I get shadowing of the areas instead of a steady
single colour. I want to turn this off and get a single colour for each
contour level (like all the XLs before 2007). I can't figure out how to do
this. Can someone help me.