http://blog.instantcognition.com/visualization/2006/06/30/sharing-the-wealth-random-excel-tip/ a discussion of visual report design & web analytics Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.instantcognition.com/visualization/2006/06/30/sharing-the-wealth-random-excel-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Instant Cognition » Blog Archive » Sharing the Wealth: Random Excel Tip #3 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:21:26 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/2006/06/30/sharing-the-wealth-random-excel-tip/#comment-1009 [...] One of the problems with the previously discussed Excel color tip is that custom colors are not particularly portable. In other words, I can easily set up the custom palette on my computer but sharing that with you is a rigamorole. Instead of the color definitions being embedded in the Excel file, I’d have to give you a template file that you could import the palette from (yech!) every time you want to look at the report with my carefully chosen and designed colors. [...] [...] One of the problems with the previously discussed Excel color tip is that custom colors are not particularly portable. In other words, I can easily set up the custom palette on my computer but sharing that with you is a rigamorole. Instead of the color definitions being embedded in the Excel file, I’d have to give you a template file that you could import the palette from (yech!) every time you want to look at the report with my carefully chosen and designed colors. [...]

]]> http://blog.instantcognition.com/visualization/2006/06/30/sharing-the-wealth-random-excel-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-28 angie Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:59:00 +0000 http://blog.instantcognition.com/2006/06/30/sharing-the-wealth-random-excel-tip/#comment-28 If you choose not to put the palette in a template, or if someone else already has sent you a workbook with the color palette you want, here's a tip. Go to Tools > Options > Color > Copy Colors From... and you can copy the palette from any other workbook you have open. If you choose not to put the palette in a template, or if someone else already has sent you a workbook with the color palette you want, here’s a tip. Go to Tools > Options > Color > Copy Colors From… and you can copy the palette from any other workbook you have open.

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