Learn more in our Gradient Outlines in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial. A gradient is a blend of two or more colors merging into each other. This option applies a gradient border to the Chart Area.To learn more about this option, read our Formatting Lines (and Shape Outlines) in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial. You can use any of the Theme colors, Standard colors, or any other color of your choice. This option is used to apply a solid color border to the selected Chart Area.Choose this option to remove any outline from the selected Chart Area.Although the linked tutorials pertain to shapes, the same principles hold good for lines related to the Chart Area. Again, do note that some of these options listed below link to further tutorials with more detail. Let us explore all of the Border options, that you see in Figure 4.Figure 4: Border options for the Chart Area.Now click on the Border option to access all options within, as shown in Figure 4.It cancels any fill that you might have applied manually, and restores the default fill used by the applied Chart Style. This option is helpful especially when you have applied a Chart Style to your chart. Selecting this option gets back the automatic fill of the Chart Area.
More info can be found in our Add Pattern Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial.
Choose from 48 different patterns contained within PowerPoint.Our Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 and Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 tutorials can provide you with more information on this option. This option allows to use either a picture or a texture as a fill for the Chart Area.Learn more in our Add Gradient Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial. With this option, you can apply a gradient as a fill for the Chart Area.To learn more about this option, read our Add Solid Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial. This option is used to fill the selected Chart Area with some solid color fill.Choose this option to remove any fill from the selected Chart Area.Although the linked tutorials pertain to shapes, the same principles hold good for fills related to the Chart Area. Do note that some of these options listed below link to further tutorials with more detail. Let us explore all of the Fill options that you see in Figure 3.Figure 3: Fill options for the Chart Area.Click the Fill option to access all options within this section, as shown in Figure 3.Border: Includes various options that are used to edit the border or outline of the Chart Area.Fill: Includes various options that are used to edit the fill of the Chart Area.Here you will find the Fill and Border options for the chart area (highlighted in green within Figure 2):.Then click the Fill & Line button (highlighted in blue within Figure 2). In this Task Pane, make sure that the Chart Options tab is selected (highlighted in red within Figure 2). Doing so opens the Format Chart Area Task Pane as shown in Figure 2.From the resultant menu, select the Format Chart Area option, highlighted in red within Figure 1. Now, carefully right-click the Chart Area.If you don't have a chart, insert a new chart in your slide. Select the chart that you want to format the Chart Area for.To counter this issue, you can fill the Chart Area with a solid color, a gradient or even a pattern to add some visual separation from the slide's background.įollow these steps to explore more in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: However, if your slide background is crowded, then the Chart Area's transparency can pose a problem. This default status works well most of the time because the Chart Area is the backdrop area, and all chart elements are placed over it-so the lack of any formatting makes things simpler. Thus in most scenarios, the Chart Area is completely transparent with no fill or outline attributes.
The exception to this rule is if you have applied a particular Chart Style. When you create charts within PowerPoint, typically the Chart Area doesn't show any fill or any kind of formatting.
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