Help: how to set transparency in chart color

[yurble_vn]

Hi All,

I noted that in Microsoft chart (excel or powerpoint) when coloring chart with fill effect:

• There are an option for transparency
• But it is disable

How can I use this option?

Please help

[John Wilson]

In chart edit mode set the fill to none (you can't set transparency here)
When you return to slide edit mode> Right click > format object, now you can set transparency

[yurble_vn]

Thanks John

But I did not intend to fill all chart,

I just intend to fill the bar in the chart, and set it transparency

thanks and regards

[John Wilson]

AFAIK the only way to that is to ungroup the chart.

[yurble_vn]

But what I experience is quite interested.

I use Powerpoint 2007 at home to draw the 3D chart, then set the bar color to 50% transparency (Powerpoint 2007 have that option). Then, I save the powerpoint into Powerpoint 2003 file.

And when I re-open the file in 2003, the chart is still 50% transparency. But again, I can not change it

[yurble_vn]

Please find attachment for more details.

As below text, you can see the transparency can be adjust to 72%. And actually the chart bar is transparency.(see attachment)

[TonyJollans]

(replied in excel forum) but for the record here - it can't be done in 2003 and you have found a loophole.