Use chart styles in Pages on Mac

1. Click the chart, then in the Format  sidebar, click the Chart tab.

   If you can’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Chart tab, click in the toolbar.

2. Click one of the chart styles at the top of the sidebar.

If you made changes to a chart’s look and want to save these changes, you can create a new chart style that can be used again later. You can’t add new chart styles in a document shared with others.

1. Click the chart that has the formatting you want to save as a new style.

2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Chart tab.

3. Click the arrow to the right of the chart styles to go to the last group of styles.

4. Click to add your style.

5. In the dialogue that appears, choose an option:

   • All series styles: Keep all available series styles associated with the chart.

   • Only visible series styles: Keep only the series styles currently visible in the chart.

6. Click OK.

Your new chart style is added to the chart styles at the top of the sidebar. You can drag styles to organise them however you like, or replace them.

You can create a new chart style that matches the colours of a particular image. This can be helpful when you want to make a visual connection between the data shown in the chart and the subject of the image.

The new style is based on the type of chart currently showing in the sidebar, but it uses the colours of the image from which it was created.

1. Click a chart, or click in the toolbar to add a chart.

2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Chart tab.

3. Choose an image with colours you like. You can use any image on your computer.

   To browse your photos, click in the toolbar.

4. Drag the image to the chart styles in the sidebar.

   

   Alternatively, you can Control-click a chart style, choose Create Style from Image from the shortcut menu, then browse for an image.

   

   The new chart style is added to the chart styles at the top of the sidebar. The new style doesn’t replace the style you Control-clicked.

5. To apply the new style to the selected chart, click the style in the sidebar.

You can modify the look of a chart — by changing its fonts, colours and so on — then update that chart’s style to incorporate the changes. Any other charts using that style are also updated.

1. Click a chart that uses the style you want to update, then modify its appearance so it looks the way you want.

2. Click the chart you just modified (if you deselected it).

3. In the Format  sidebar, click the Chart tab.

4. Control-click the style, then choose Redefine Style from Selection.

5. If your chart has fewer than six data series, a dialogue appears. Choose an option:

   • All series styles: Keep all available series styles associated with the chart.

   • Only visible series styles: Keep only the series styles currently visible in the chart.

6. Click OK.

   To update charts of the same type that use that style to the latest version, click the chart you want to update, then select the chart style in the sidebar.

You can change the order of the chart styles at the top of the sidebar, or delete any style.

1. Click any chart in the document.

2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Chart tab.

3. Click and hold the style you want to move, then drag the style to a new location.

   If you have multiple style panes and want to move a style from one pane to another, drag it over the left arrow  or right arrow  to open the other pane.

• Control-click the style, then choose Delete Style.