In this chapter, you will learn how to set the appearance and color of the XLGantt (Excel Gantt) "Schedule" sheet.
1. Schedule sheet
The “Schedule” sheet in XLGantt looks like the following illustration. You can set the display style and color in the options.
2. Setting the appearance of the WBS area
you can set the appearance of the WBS area in the ribbon menu “XLGantt> Options> Appearance” tab.
If you check all items above, the WBS area is displayed as follows.
3. Setting the color theme
Color themes are available from version 4.0.
you can change the color theme in the ribbon menu “XLGantt> Options> Appearance” tab.
Types of color themes provided
XLGantt provides 5 color themes, and you can change the color you want in the custom theme.
1) Default color theme
2) Purple theme
3) Green theme
4) Black & White theme
5) Custom theme
If you select the “Custom” theme, you can change the 8 items to the color you want as shown below.
Select the “Custom” theme from the color theme list box and change colors in the following order.
① Click the color to change
② After choosing the color you want in the colors dialog box
③ Click the “OK” button.
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