I am using the Line - Column on 2 Axes chart from the
Custom Types tab. I want to make the bars 3D rather than
2D. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Thanks

There are certain combination charts that XL will not do. One of them
is what you want.

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Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials
Custom MS Office productivity solutions

In article <8b2801c432a3$7a590950$(E-Mail Removed)>,
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> I am using the Line - Column on 2 Axes chart from the
> Custom Types tab. I want to make the bars 3D rather than
> 2D. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks
>

Aside from Excel not letting you do this, there are technical reasons to
avoid this kind of formatting. Applying false 3D effects like this to a
chart might make it "pretty", but it also makes the data harder to read.
You can perhaps compare the relative heights of the bars, but it's a
bear to try to read where on the axis the bar ends.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Tushar Mehta wrote:

> There are certain combination charts that XL will not do. One of them
> is what you want.
>

Presentation overkill is an issue that should not be ignored, but it is
eminently possible to improve on the aesthetic quality of a default XL
graph.

--
Regards,

Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
Multi-disciplinary business expertise
+ Technology skills
= Optimal solution to your business problem
Recipient Microsoft MVP award 2000-2004

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Aside from Excel not letting you do this, there are technical reasons to
> avoid this kind of formatting. Applying false 3D effects like this to a
> chart might make it "pretty", but it also makes the data harder to read.
> You can perhaps compare the relative heights of the bars, but it's a
> bear to try to read where on the axis the bar ends.
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Peltier Technical Services
> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
> http://PeltierTech.com/
> _______
>
> Tushar Mehta wrote:
>
> > There are certain combination charts that XL will not do. One of them
> > is what you want.
> >
>
>

What, you don't like gray backgrounds? <smirk>

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
_______

Tushar Mehta wrote:

> Presentation overkill is an issue that should not be ignored, but it is
> eminently possible to improve on the aesthetic quality of a default XL
> graph.
>