Excel 2007 - default series colours
 

Hi,
I am trying to find a way of identifying the colours used as defaults for
series in a given Excel 2007 theme. However, unlike previous versions of
Excel, if you select a series and the choose a fill (say solid fill), it does
not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour (if you
haven't already changed it) - and, indeed, if you cycle through series, it
will show you the last colour you slected as the first pick for that
series... I would like to be able to match elements in a chart to colours
used for previous series and do not necessarily want to have to select the
colours for each series first. Ideally, I would also like to be able to
determine the rgb value for a given default colour in a theme but perhapsthat
is asking too much.
Any suggestions, as always, gratefully received.
Best wishes, Boris.

Excel 2007 - default series colours
 

not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour

If it's any consolation, this bothers me as well. Unfortunately I have not
played around enough with it to be able to help.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Boris" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I am trying to find a way of identifying the colours used as defaults for
series in a given Excel 2007 theme. However, unlike previous versions of
Excel, if you select a series and the choose a fill (say solid fill), it
does
not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour (if
you
haven't already changed it) - and, indeed, if you cycle through series, it
will show you the last colour you slected as the first pick for that
series... I would like to be able to match elements in a chart to colours
used for previous series and do not necessarily want to have to select the
colours for each series first. Ideally, I would also like to be able to
determine the rgb value for a given default colour in a theme but
perhapsthat
is asking too much.
Any suggestions, as always, gratefully received.
Best wishes, Boris.

Excel 2007 - default series colours
 

Thanks for your response, Jon. Should you come across a work around...
ploease do let me know!
Best wishes, Boris.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour

If it's any consolation, this bothers me as well. Unfortunately I have not
played around enough with it to be able to help.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Boris" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I am trying to find a way of identifying the colours used as defaults for
series in a given Excel 2007 theme. However, unlike previous versions of
Excel, if you select a series and the choose a fill (say solid fill), it
does
not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour (if
you
haven't already changed it) - and, indeed, if you cycle through series, it
will show you the last colour you slected as the first pick for that
series... I would like to be able to match elements in a chart to colours
used for previous series and do not necessarily want to have to select the
colours for each series first. Ideally, I would also like to be able to
determine the rgb value for a given default colour in a theme but
perhapsthat
is asking too much.
Any suggestions, as always, gratefully received.
Best wishes, Boris.

Excel 2007 - default series colours
 

Thanks for your response, Jon. Should you come across a work around... please
do let me know!
Best wishes, Boris.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour

If it's any consolation, this bothers me as well. Unfortunately I have not
played around enough with it to be able to help.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Boris" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I am trying to find a way of identifying the colours used as defaults for
series in a given Excel 2007 theme. However, unlike previous versions of
Excel, if you select a series and the choose a fill (say solid fill), it
does
not show you the colour swatch that corresponds to the defualt colour (if
you
haven't already changed it) - and, indeed, if you cycle through series, it
will show you the last colour you slected as the first pick for that
series... I would like to be able to match elements in a chart to colours
used for previous series and do not necessarily want to have to select the
colours for each series first. Ideally, I would also like to be able to
determine the rgb value for a given default colour in a theme but
perhapsthat
is asking too much.
Any suggestions, as always, gratefully received.
Best wishes, Boris.