Formatting Charts

• For this activity you will change the color of bar colors in the graphs. Fill in chart information as directed above to apply the data to the chart. I actually used comparison of colors in a bag of M & M's. My chart is shown below before I added the formatting:

• To change the color of the bars in the graph, click on the bar to select it. Notice when you click on the light blue bar in bag 1, it selects all red bars in the graph.
• Click Format, then Data Series.

• The Format Data Dialog box opens as shown below:

• To change the color, simply click on a color, or click on fill effects to see more options.
• Continue clicking on the bars on the graph to change the colors.