Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 17, 2024)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Glenn adds lines and arrows regularly to flowcharts that he creates in Excel. He is wondering if there is a way to set a default line weight, color, and arrowhead, as it gets tedious to change the attributes all the time.
Setting defaults for Shapes (such as lines and arrows) is quite easy in Excel. Just follow these steps:
That's it. For the rest of your current Excel session your lines and arrows will be drawn using your desired formats.
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2024-09-17 06:17:21
Joachim
What do I have to do if I want to reset all the changed attributes to the default values?
Is there an easy way?
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