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Change a diagram

Click the diagram and do one or more of the following:

Show Add or delete a shape or element

If you want to add a shape or element, select the shape that you want to add the new shape under or next to, and then click Insert Shape on the Diagram toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
If you want to delete a shape or element, select it and press DELETE.

Show Move an element or segment

Select the element or segment of the diagram that you want to move.
On the Diagram toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Move shape forward or Move shape backward.

Show Reverse the diagram

Select the element or segment of the diagram that you want to reverse.
On the Diagram toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Reverse diagram .

Show Change text color

Select the text you want to change.
On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click the arrow next to Font Color .
Do one of the following:

To change the text color back to its default, click Automatic.
To change to another color, click one of the colors below Automatic.

Show Add or change text

To add or change text to a shape, right-click the shape, click Edit Text, and type the text.

For target (Target diagram: A diagram that is used to show steps toward a goal.) and cycle (Cycle diagram: A diagram that is used to show a process that has a continuous cycle.) diagrams, you can only add text to text elements.

Show Change the preset design scheme

If you want to add or change a preset design scheme, click AutoFormat on the Diagram toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), and select a style from the Diagram Style Gallery.

Show Change a shape or element fill color

Select the shape you want to change.
On the Drawing toolbar, click the arrow next to Fill Color .
Do one or more of the following:

Show Add or change a fill color

Do one of the following:

To change the fill color back to its default, click Automatic.
To change to a color in the color scheme, click one of the colors below Automatic.

Show Add or change a gradient, patterned, textured, or picture fill

Click Fill Effects, and then click the Gradient, Texture, Picture or Pattern tab.
Select the options you want.

Show Remove a fill

Click No Fill.

Show Change the line style or color

Select the line or connector you want to change.
Do one of the following:

Show Change the color of a line or connector

On the Drawing toolbar, click the arrow next to Line Color .
Do one of the following:

To change to the default color, click Automatic.
To change to another color, click one of the colors below Automatic.

Show Change the style of a line or connector

On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Line Style .
Click the style you want; or click More Lines, and then click a style.

Show Change the diagram to another diagram type

On the Diagram toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Change to, and then click the diagram type you want.

Applies to:

Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003