I have a ton of pie charts in a Numbers document. Suddenly, Numbers changed all the colors in ALL the pie charts to colors I don't want! I DID NOT tell Numbers to do that by clicking anything intentionally or accidentally. Now I'm stuck having to modify each individual pie chart. This will be a time suck unless someone knows how to change all at once.
Please help. Numbers is frustrating the heck out of me.
Thank you.
It is odd that all your charts got changed. There is no method I can think of to change them all at the same time, accidentally or on purpose. You might be able to "revert" to a previously saved version (File->Revert to). I'd recommend trying it on a duplicate version of the document, not the original.
One thing that could change multiple charts is if they all included a row/column from the same table as a series in the charts. If you delete that row/column from the table, all the other series colors will adjust colors. They won't be "new" colors, they will just apply to a different series. If series 1 was blue, series 2 was green, and series 3 was grey and you delete series 2, series 1 will remain blue but series 3 will now be green.
If all your tables use the same style/colors, you can change one of them then redefine one of the chart styles based on it. Then it should be a simple click to change each of the others. I am assuming you did not use one of the built-in chart styles, that you changed all the colors. If you used one of the built-in styles and made no modifications, skip to step 5 below.
It is odd that all your charts got changed. There is no method I can think of to change them all at the same time, accidentally or on purpose. You might be able to "revert" to a previously saved version (File->Revert to). I'd recommend trying it on a duplicate version of the document, not the original.
One thing that could change multiple charts is if they all included a row/column from the same table as a series in the charts. If you delete that row/column from the table, all the other series colors will adjust colors. They won't be "new" colors, they will just apply to a different series. If series 1 was blue, series 2 was green, and series 3 was grey and you delete series 2, series 1 will remain blue but series 3 will now be green.
If all your tables use the same style/colors, you can change one of them then redefine one of the chart styles based on it. Then it should be a simple click to change each of the others. I am assuming you did not use one of the built-in chart styles, that you changed all the colors. If you used one of the built-in styles and made no modifications, skip to step 5 below.
Thank you. I was able to use your advice to revert the document. I very much appreciate your help today!
Numbers changed all the colors in my pie charts! Not cool!
