Pantone colors in excel?

[Mark R]

Can I specify chart colors as Pantone matches for the purposes of printing?

Or do I have to export them as EMF, load into illustrator, change the color, export as EPS, and then import into publisher?

 

[rivan]

Can I specify chart colors as Pantone matches for the purposes of printing?

Or do I have to export them as EMF, load into illustrator, change the color, export as EPS, and then import into publisher?

Ouch.

As far as I know, Excel does not support spot colors, as it relies on the OS color pickers (at least on OSX).

 

[Lifted]

Support is not built in. Probably a licensing issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820764

I guess the best you can do is approximate the RGB values. Maybe somebody at the print shop will have some suggestions.