Excel content turns black and white (B&W), loses color when copy/pasted into PowerPoint
Problem
You have colored text or graphics in your Excel worksheet but when you copy/paste it to PowerPoint, it gets converted to black and white.
Solution
The problem is probably that your default printer is a black and white printer.
Choose a color printer as your default printer driver before you copy/paste from Excel to PowerPoint.
Don't have a color printer? Don't worry about it. You just need to make Excel think you do.
To learn how to install a printer driver and select it as your default printer:
Another approach:
- In Excel, hold the Shift key and choose Edit from the menu. "Copy" will have changed to "Copy picture".
- In PowerPoint, use Edit - Paste special.
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