Want to know how? Read our tutorials Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 and Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013.
- Adds a texture or picture as a fill for the selected chart element(s).
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If you want to know more about how to use this option, our Add Gradient Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial will be of more help.
- Allows you to add graduated fills comprising two or more colors.
- For more explanation on how to choose solid fill color refer to Add Solid Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial. Choosing the Color selection box here provides you with options to choose a solid fill color, you can chose from Theme Colors, Standard Colors, etc. There is a detailed tutorial available on No Fill in PowerPoint 2013.
- Removes the fill from the selected chart element.
- Various Fill options available in this Task Pane for the selected chart element are explained below:.
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If you had some other chart element selected, your Task Pane would have options pertaining to your selection. In this Task Pane, make sure that the Fill option is selected, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 5. Again, note that your Task Pane may have a different name based on the particular chart element you selected. Either way, this summons the Format Data Series Task Pane as shown in Figure 5 (highlighted in red).In our example chart, since we have selected a Data Series, the name is Format Data Series.įigure 4: Format Selection button to be clicked with the correct chart element selected Note that the name within this option varies depending upon the chart element selected.
From the contextual menu, select the Format Data Series option as shown in Figure 4. Alternatively, carefully right-click on the required chart element (Data Series in our example).Once the chart element is selected, click the Format Selection button, shown highlighted in red within Figure 3.In Figure 2, you can see that we have selected the Series "Series 1" option (highlighted in blue within Figure 2). Within this list, click on the chart element of your choice. Doing so opens a list of chart elements for the selected chart. Within this tab, locate the Chart Elements selection box (highlighted in red within Figure 2) and click it. To do that, select the Chart Tools Format tab, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, above. Now, you need to select the chart element for which you want to change the fill and border.They only make an appearance when you are working with a particular slide object which can be edited using special options. These tabs are special tabs in the Ribbon that are not visible all the time. Note: The Chart Tools Design and Format tabs are contextual tabs.