Microsoft KB Archive/61917

Format for Graph Stored in DEFAULT.PPG file PSS ID Number: Q61917 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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WINDOWS

Summary:

To establish a set of default formats that will be used for new charts, use the following steps:

  Choose Insert Graph from PowerPoint’s File menu.   Set the various defaults to be used for each new graph. The following items can be set as defaults:   Datasheet contents (values, cell formatting, text formatting, included/excluded rows and columns)   A series defined as row or column   Chart type   Chart formatting (axes, gridlines, data labels, legend, line styles, fill colors and patterns)   Chart text formatting (color, font, size, style, opaque or transparent)   Chart size (always shown at 50% of size returned to PowerPt) </li>  Which window is active initially (datasheet or chart) </li></ol> </li>  Choose Save As Default Chart from the File menu. The new defaults are saved as a file named DEFAULT.PPG. </li></ol>

Whenever you choose Insert Graph from PowerPoint’s File menu, the new default chart and datasheet appear.

See Page 264 of the “Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows User’s Guide” for more information on setting defaults.

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