I am an unpaid volunteer and do not work for Microsoft. I think you need to modify some XML manually. There is even a way to add a submenu to the default color palette, but I don't remember the directions on how to do it. If you apply a chart template to a data set and there are more columns, only as many columns as were formatted when the template was made will get the formatting. Go this route, when you make your template, format more columns than you think you will ever need. This will generate a chart template file (.crtx). If you customize a chart and want to save your chart as a Chart Theme, you can right click on the Chart border and use Save as Template. There is a great discussion and resultant clarification of terms in this thread here in the forum:Ĭannot Open Theme File - How do I Correct/Repair the File? Theme tutorial in AnswersĪfter going through that, there is yet another thing you can do. This will make an Office Theme (.thmx) file that will work across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and if you do it right, will display The dialog referred to in the article you linked to is found in PowerPoint on the Mac.
Before we get too into the weeds here, not only can you have custom colors, there are several different ways to go about it.
