I have multiple series on a chart, all with different marker shapes as
desired. How do I globally set all the data point colors to black without
picking each series in turn and setting a custom color.

You can't do it using the native Excel interface, but a little macro
will handle it:

Sub PaintItBlack()
Dim srs As Series
For Each srs In ActiveChart.SeriesCollection
srs.Border.ColorIndex = 1
srs.MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = 1
srs.MarkerForegroundColorIndex = 1
Next
End Sub

- Jon
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DamnKiwi wrote:
I have multiple series on a chart, all with different marker shapes as
desired. How do I globally set all the data point colors to black without
picking each series in turn and setting a custom color.