#Make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac for mac#
You can see that in Figure 7, the columns of Series 3 which were hidden earlier, are visible.Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 offers a solid update to the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the other members of the productivity suite. In Figure 7, below you can see that we have changed the transparency of Series 1 and 2 so that columns behind them are also visible.įigure 7: Reducing the fill opacity of columns has made hidden chart elements visible Similarly, you can change the transparency of columns representing other series.Doing so makes the selected series semi-transparent as shown in Figure 6, below.įigure 6: Columns of series 1 made semi-transparent.Even though that tutorial is about shape fills, the same techniques work for data series fills within charts. Refer to our Transparency for Shape Fills in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac tutorial. However if your 3D column is filled with a gradient, a picture, or some other shape fill, you can still change the transparency for that fill type.
![make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V1rsQ.png)
We cover transparency for solid fills in this tutorial.Transparency for Columns without Solid Fills? We set the transparency to 25%, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 5, below.įigure 5: Data series transparency set to 25%.In Figure 4 you can see that we are changing the data series fill to a solid color.įigure 4: Solid color fill being selected for the series To change the fill transparency, you need to change the fill type from Automatic to one of the Accent colors.
![make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HXTzHQhCHUo/sddefault.jpg)
As you can see in Figure 3 above, the Transparency slider (highlighted in red) is grayed out! This is because the fill color is set to Automatic, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 3, above.In Figure 3, you can see that we have selected the Solid tab.įigure 3: Format Data Series dialog box displaying greyed out Transparency slider Then, select a tab depending upon the type of the fill used for the selected series. Make sure that the Fill option is selected within the sidebar. Doing so brings up the Format Data Series dialog box that you see in Figure 3, below.
![make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac](https://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/learn/fillslinesandeffects/images/transparency-for-shape-fills-ppt-2016-2.png)
Choose the Format Data Series option.įigure 2: Format Data Series option selected Thereafter, right-click (or Ctrl+click) to bring up the contextual menu, you see in Figure 2, below. We selected the series represented by the blue columns.
![make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac make color transparent powerpoint 2011 mac](https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/d68636d4-2df1-4230-b7da-523815d59e3e.png)
Notice that one of the red columns is completely hidden. Look at the chart shown in Figure 1, below. Yes, there's a reason to do so especially when you find that some of the columns in your 3D chart may be hiding behind one or more of the other columns, just because they are not tall enough. Having said that, we are talking about making your 3D columns in a chart transparent. OK, you read the title right! We reiterate that you should still not use 3D charts unless you must have a Z-axis.