During the step-by-step procedure of creating your chart you will find the Background Style page of the Create New Chart dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher..
If you are editing an existing chart A pictorial representation of information from a table eg a graph., double-click on the chart to display the Edit Chart Properties dialog box and select the Background Style tab.
From the Item drop-down list box, select which part of the background you want to change the fill style The attribute of graphics, frames and PowerText specifying how they should be filled. Fill styles can have different colours, and can be plain, graduated or textured. of.
From the Fill Style list box, select the fill style you want.
If you have chosen a graduated fill style, the Colour From and Colour To drop-down palettes A set of colours available to your Publisher documents. You can create more colours to add to the colour palette, or you can delete colours if you do not want to use them. When you save a document, the colour palette is saved as part of the document, with any changes that you have made. Each document can be saved with a different selection of colours in the palette. are available.
Select the colours you want the graduated style to graduate from and to.
Drag the arrow in the Angle box to change the angle of the graduated fill style.
If you have chosen a patterned fill style, the Override drop-down list box, Angle text box and Detail slider are available.
From the Override drop-down list box, select how you want to override the colour of the pattern.
If you choose to override the colour. The Colour To drop-down palette is available.
Select the colour you want to use.
In the Angle text box, type the angle you want to rotate the pattern by.
Drag the Detail slider to determine how much detail can be seen in the pattern.
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You can see the effect of the changes you make in the display box.