Bar Chart - No Solid Colors!

Post Author: xedious
CA Forum: Charts and Graphs
How do I format a bar chart so that ALL the bars show up as black and white patterns? In design mode, I can see three 'risers' that I can set the pattern and color on, but when the report runs and there are more bars due to data, crystal assigns random, solid colors.
Thanks!

Post Author: rcoleman
CA Forum: Charts and Graphs
Right click your chart in design view ->chart expert->options--->you should see a chart color section in the upper left hand corner with two radio buttons;one for color and one for black and white. I'm using Crystal XI and it works for me. Not sure what version of Crystal you're in.

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