WPS Chart Formatting is a chart styling feature in WPS Presentation on Windows; it includes 2 core tasks, with 2 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 2 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 2 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 0 | All current tasks are available directly |
About This Feature
Overview
Chart Formatting in WPS Office helps you customize the appearance of chart elements in WPS Presentation, making it easier to keep slides visually consistent. After you select a chart, you can adjust the fill, border, and effects for different areas such as the chart area, plot area, and data series. You can also open the formatting pane from the right-click menu.
Core tasks include:
- Open the formatting pane from the ribbon to adjust chart styles in one place.
- Open formatting options from the right-click menu for a specific chart element.
This feature is useful for presentation design, highlighting key data series, and learning how to format charts in WPS on Windows for consistent slide layouts.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | No mandatory internet connection is required for local chart formatting |
| Other | You need a presentation file that already contains a chart in WPS Presentation |
Download & Installation
Before using Chart Formatting, install WPS Office on your Windows device and open WPS Presentation.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Check after installation | Start WPS Presentation, open a file with a chart, select the chart, and confirm that chart-related tools are visible |
Source: WPS download page
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | In WPS Presentation, you can select a chart and use the Chart Tools formatting pane to adjust the chart area, plot area, and series with fill, border, and effects settings. You can also open formatting from the right-click menu. | Microsoft Word supports formatting individual chart elements such as the chart area, plot area, data series, and legend. It also provides Format Selection, Shape Fill, Shape Outline, and Shape Effects for chart elements. | Google Sheets lets you customize charts through the chart editor, including Chart style, titles, series, legend, axes, and gridlines. It also supports formatting some individual data points. | Notion provides chart views for databases and lets you change chart type, axes, colors, data labels, and legends, but it focuses on database visualization rather than slide-based chart element formatting. | Adobe Acrobat focuses on PDF viewing and editing. Its official help content covers grids, guides, measurements, and PDF object handling rather than a slide chart formatting workflow. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: It lets you format chart elements directly inside a presentation. Distinct: It provides both a ribbon entry and a right-click entry for faster editing. | Compared with WPS: Microsoft offers broad chart formatting controls, but the official workflow is centered on charts in Word documents rather than slide editing. | Compared with WPS: Google focuses more on charts inside spreadsheets, so the editing path is different when you need to format chart elements in slides. | Compared with WPS: Notion is more suitable for dashboards and database reporting, not for formatting chart area, plot area, and series inside presentation slides. | Compared with WPS: Adobe official content does not focus on presentation chart formatting, so it is not a direct slide chart styling workflow. |
| Official Source | — | Present data in a chart | Add and edit a chart or graph | Chart view | Use grids, guides, and measurements in PDFs |
Overall Conclusion
If you need to format the chart area, plot area, or data series directly inside presentation slides, WPS Chart Formatting fits that editing scenario well. Microsoft and Google also provide chart customization, but their official workflows are more document- or spreadsheet-centered. Notion and Adobe focus on different product scenarios.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable for | Main issue | How this feature helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beautifying charts for reports | Presentation creators | Default chart styles do not match the slide design | Use formatting settings to unify fill, border, and effects |
| 2 | Highlighting a key data series | Presenters | Important series are not visually clear | Select a specific series and format it separately |
| 3 | Quickly editing one chart element | General office users | A single chart area needs a quick adjustment | Right-click the target element and open formatting directly |
| 4 | Applying a consistent slide style | Template maintainers | Charts across slides look inconsistent | Format the chart area and plot area in a consistent way |
| 5 | Revising slides during a meeting | Meeting presenters | Style changes must be finished quickly | Use the ribbon or right-click entry to update formatting fast |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
Chart Formatting itself is available without a membership. WPS Premium is generally used for broader office benefits across other modules, so whether you need it depends on your overall workflow.
| Capability | Free users | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Basic chart formatting | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Standard chart style adjustments in presentations | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Additional office benefits in other modules | Availability depends on the product plan | More benefits are available depending on the subscription plan |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Usage scenario | Recommended plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You only need to format charts in presentations | Free | The current chart formatting feature is available directly |
| You also need broader office benefits across modules | WPS Premium | Suitable for users who also work with documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, and related tools |
How to Subscribe
- Subscribe from the WPS account page: Subscribe now
Source: WPS Office pricing page