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Excel 2000 - 3D Bar and Lines
Hi,
I am having difficulty creating a chart that has a combo of 3D Bar and Lines. Only two sets of variables. Thanks! |
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Excel 2000 - 3D Bar and Lines
It won't work with 3D chart types. Which is okay, because you shouldn't use
3D chart types anyway. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "andrrea" wrote in message ... Hi, I am having difficulty creating a chart that has a combo of 3D Bar and Lines. Only two sets of variables. Thanks! |
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Excel 2000 - 3D Bar and Lines
Thanks for the response!! Why shouldn't I use 3D chart types?
"Jon Peltier" wrote: It won't work with 3D chart types. Which is okay, because you shouldn't use 3D chart types anyway. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "andrrea" wrote in message ... Hi, I am having difficulty creating a chart that has a combo of 3D Bar and Lines. Only two sets of variables. Thanks! |
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Excel 2000 - 3D Bar and Lines
3D charts are more cluttered, requiring additional shapes to give the false
impression of a third dimension. 3D charts distort data by forcing a third dimension to be inaccurately portrayed on a 2 dimensional medium. Because of the third dimensional offset, the data (e.g., the bars) are offset from the axis ticks representing their values. Here is a short discussion of these issues: http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...f-being-in-3d/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "andrrea" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response!! Why shouldn't I use 3D chart types? "Jon Peltier" wrote: It won't work with 3D chart types. Which is okay, because you shouldn't use 3D chart types anyway. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "andrrea" wrote in message ... Hi, I am having difficulty creating a chart that has a combo of 3D Bar and Lines. Only two sets of variables. Thanks! |
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Excel 2000 - 3D Bar and Lines
Thanks for the great link!!
"Jon Peltier" wrote: 3D charts are more cluttered, requiring additional shapes to give the false impression of a third dimension. 3D charts distort data by forcing a third dimension to be inaccurately portrayed on a 2 dimensional medium. Because of the third dimensional offset, the data (e.g., the bars) are offset from the axis ticks representing their values. Here is a short discussion of these issues: http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...f-being-in-3d/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "andrrea" wrote in message ... Thanks for the response!! Why shouldn't I use 3D chart types? "Jon Peltier" wrote: It won't work with 3D chart types. Which is okay, because you shouldn't use 3D chart types anyway. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "andrrea" wrote in message ... Hi, I am having difficulty creating a chart that has a combo of 3D Bar and Lines. Only two sets of variables. Thanks! |
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