Charts: Changing Fill and Border of Chart Elements in PowerPoint

Created: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, posted by Geetesh at 11:36 am

Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 11:08 am

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The default fill and border (line) that PowerPoint applies to chart elements are perfectly adequate. If you want something different, play with various Chart Styles available. While this works great most of the time, there will be occasions when you may want to use a particular color for any of your data series that’s not part of the Theme palette in your presentation. In times like these, you can change the fill and border of chart elements manually using the techniques explained.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows:

Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2013

Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2010

Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2007

Changing Fills and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003

Apple Mac:

Changing Fill and Border of Charts in PowerPoint 2011

Changing Fill and Border of Chart Elements in PowerPoint

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