Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 14, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Microsoft 365
Excel allows you to create some great looking three-dimensional graphs based on the information in your worksheets. For many purposes, the default method in which the graphs are created will be sufficient for your needs. However, you may want to adjust the angle at which you view your graph. Excel makes this easy by following these steps, providing you are using Excel 2007 or Excel 2010:
Figure 1. The 3-D Rotation options of the Format Chart Area dialog box.
If you are using Excel 2013 or a later version the steps are different:
Figure 2. The 3-D Rotation settings of the Format Chart Area task pane.
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