KB0105: How can I change the default colors of thinkcell charts?

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thinkcell uses Microsoft PowerPoint's theme colors for many chart elements (e.g., axes, text, arrows, etc.). These colors are taken from the theme colors of your presentation file. If the defaults are designed correctly, thinkcell will follow seamlessly when you switch the color scheme.

In general, it is advisable to store these defaults in a PowerPoint template file (*.potx) and to derive all new presentations from this template file. Please refer to the PowerPoint help for information on how to do this.

If you want to change the default font used for thinkcell please refer to KB0100.

Changing your presentation's color theme in PowerPoint

The colors thinkcell uses in charts are Accent 1 - Accent 6. The colors thinkcell uses for text and chart decorations (see Chart annotations) are Text/Background Dark 1 or Text/Background Light 1.

PowerPoint 2013 & 2016:

  1. In the ribbon, go to View > Master Views > Slide Master.
  2. A new ribbon tab will appear: Slide Master.
  3. Click Slide Master > Background > Colors.
  4. From the drop-down list choose Customize Colors…
  5. After modifying the colors, click Slide Master > Close > Close Master View.

Using different colors in thinkcell

With a thinkcell style file you can define colors which differ from PowerPoint's template colors. Style files also let you define your own menus and work on a per-template or per-file basis. For details, please refer to the user manual in Brand compliance.