How do I lock the colours in a chart (red, amber, green)
 

I have a Pivot Table Chart that is showing the red, amber and green status of
accounts. But everytime I refresh my data I loose the chart colours so I
have to change the colours back to red, amber and green. Is there a way of
locking those colours so that when I refresh the data the colour formatting
isn't lost?

How do I lock the colours in a chart (red, amber, green)
 

Hi,

This is a know bug.
Changing a PivotChart Removes Series Formatting (215904)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/215904

Cheers
Andy
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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info
"czapla2209" wrote in message
...
I have a Pivot Table Chart that is showing the red, amber and green status
of
accounts. But everytime I refresh my data I loose the chart colours so I
have to change the colours back to red, amber and green. Is there a way
of
locking those colours so that when I refresh the data the colour
formatting
isn't lost?

How do I lock the colours in a chart (red, amber, green)
 

You could customize your workbook's palette colours
Tools, Options, Color

I guess you may want to customize the first three in 6th row of the palette,
chart fills.

Having done that you shouldn't need to reformat your chart colours.

Regards,
Peter T

"czapla2209" wrote in message
...
I have a Pivot Table Chart that is showing the red, amber and green status
of
accounts. But everytime I refresh my data I loose the chart colours so I
have to change the colours back to red, amber and green. Is there a way
of
locking those colours so that when I refresh the data the colour
formatting
isn't lost?