Restore the default layout and color
If you customize multiple shapes in a single SmartArt graphic, you can quickly undo most of your customizations in one simple operation by restoring the default layout and colors of the whole SmartArt graphic.
Restore defaults
- Click the SmartArt graphic to select it.
- Under
SmartArt Tools
, on theDesign
tab, in theReset
group, clickReset Graphic
.
Notes:
- To restore defaults for only one shape, right-click the shape that you want to remove customizations from, and then click
Reset Shape
on the shortcut menu. - When you restore defaults, not all of your customizations are removed. The table below identifies which customizations are removed and which are not.
Customizations not removed | Customizations removed |
---|---|
Text and any formatting changes made to it |
Changes in shape geometry (such as changing a circle into a square) |
Layouts for SmartArt graphics |
Line and Fill styles (including fill color, gradient fills, line types and colors) |
Organization chart layouts |
Effects (such as shadows, reflections, bevels, and glows) |
Background color applied to the entire SmartArt graphic |
Styles (both those applied to individual shapes and those applied to the entire SmartArt graphic) |
Right-to-left directional changes applied to the entire SmartArt graphic |
Resized shapes (shapes are returned to their original sizes) |
Moved shapes (shapes are returned to their original positions) | |
Rotated shapes (shapes are returned to their original positions) | |
Flipped shapes (shapes are returned to their original positions) |
See also:
- Apply or change a Quick Style for shapes
- Change the color of a shape, shape border, or entire SmartArt graphic
- Delete a shape from a SmartArt graphic
- Switch the layout or type of a SmartArt graphic