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'more fill colors' in excel 97

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Jon Peltier

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Oct 10, 2002, 8:49:26 AM10/10/02
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Chris -

You're stuck with the number of colors in Excel's palette. You can adjust
these to your heart's content, but you only get a total of 56. I'm not sure
most people could make sense out of a chart with this many colors, though.

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In article <087401c27028$44720100$2ae2...@phx.gbl>,
craig.fe...@nre.vic.gov.au says...
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>trying to create a chart in Excel 97 and make the column
>colours the same as an existing map. Obviously I want to
>be able to mix/specify RGB values to match the existing
>colors. Excel only appears to have a limited pallete of
>colors even though it talks about a 'more fill colors' in
>the help.
>Does this button exist? Where is it hiding? How do I get
>it on?
>Thanks in advance.

craig

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Oct 10, 2002, 6:59:27 PM10/10/02
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Jon,
I don;t want to put more than 56 colors onto the chart. I
simply want to match the colors on and existing graphic be
specifing RGB values!
In the help it talks about a 'more fill colors' button,
which I can't find anywhere.
Craig

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Andy Pope

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Oct 11, 2002, 4:34:12 AM10/11/02
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craig,

I believe you have to change the palette, then the defined colours will
be available when you format a column.
To change the palette go to menu Tools > Options and then the Color tab.


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