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Cannot change the colour of a smart art object in powerpoint

Anonymous
2015-08-31T07:31:18+00:00

The smart art colour edit is greyed out on the tool bar so I am unable to put a fill colour into my presentations?! Can someone help please. I'm using powerpoint for mac 2011.

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  1. John Korchok 231.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-09-01T01:25:52+00:00

    The Smart Art color dropdown is only enabled when you are working with a Smart Art object. This is not how you create a new fill color for your presentation.

    Instead, try this on the Themes tab: select or create a them and apply it to your presentation. Then choose Insert>Smart Art Graphic, create a smart art object and apply a theme color to the elements of the smart art by selecting the object to color, clicking on the Smart Art Format tab and selecting a color from the Fill dropdown.

    If I have misunderstood, please reframe your question using the names of the menu commands used in PowerPoint. I can't find any Smart Art Color Edit command.

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