You can change the default color of chart, graph, treemap, etc. in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with the helpof these simple steps.

Microsoft Excel gives you a boatload of options for changing the format of color charts. You can change the layout of a chart, then customize that layout to the format you prefer.

Then, click the Drawing toolbar’s Fill Color tool and select a color from the palette. As soon as you do, Excel changes the background of your chart, filling it with the color you selected.

6. Format and complete the chart. Finally, right-click each circle one at a time and set the Line format to Solid line, 2 Pts width, with alternating Black and Red colors. Set the Marker formats to No ...

Excel 2016's many new features include six new chart types. Here we cover Histogram, Pareto, and Waterfall, which cover statistical, trend, and other relationships.