Excel 2003 Paint Bucket/Fill Color

danjo-xx · 2013-01-31 22:23:59

You know on the formatting toolbar, you have this paint bucket and there are 40 colors to choose from. To get a lighter shade of some of them you have to go to Format>cells>pattern>color and there you can get a few more pastel colours. Is there any way of adding one of these colors to the formatting toolbar for quick…

31-01-2013 11:23PM

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You know on the formatting toolbar, you have this paint bucket and there are 40 colors to choose from.

To get a lighter shade of some of them you have to go to Format>cells>pattern>color and there you can get a few more pastel colours.

Is there any way of adding one of these colors to the formatting toolbar for quick access.

Looked at 'customise toolbar' but can't find anything.

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Tools>Options>Color>Select Color hue you want to change>Modify>Custom>Move slider up to reduce hue to suit> ok ok:)

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