Learn how to use a 3D animated model in Microsoft Excel. 3D models are 3-dimensional objects, and they can be animated.

Users will appreciate a chart that updates right before their eyes. In Microsoft Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, it's as easy as creating a table. In earlier versions, you'll need the formula method.

Its Excel and PowerPoint programs often suggest 3D bar and pie charts, which made the charts popular but not always appropriate. Information designers are rightly horrified.

I want to take an Excel table of quarterly sales numbers and make a 3D chart that I can rotate in space in real time. Can anyone recommend something that can do something like this? Mucho gracias ...

You may have used Excel for years without delving into Styles (or stylesheets). We’re going to cover Cell Styles, and Smart Art, Drawing, Graphics, Picture, and Chart Tools.