While creating a scatter chart, Don is trying to change the marker color in Excel 2007. This was relatively easy to find in Excel 2003. In Excel 2007, the equivalent dialog was split into several panes, but there is a much easier way to go. Episode 988 discusses the three charting tabs and shows you the solution.
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