
The following are the 3-D chart elements:
■ Back wall—The back wall in Figure 2.2 is formatted with a texture. In previous ver-
sions of Excel, any formatting applied to the back wall also applied to the side wall. In
Excel 2007, these are now two separate elements.
■ Side wall—The side wall in Figure 2.2 is formatted with a dark fill.
■ Floor—The floor is the surface below the 3-D columns.
■ Column depth—Column depth is one of the many 3-D rotation settings you can
change. In Figure 2.2, each column appears to be a deep rectangular slab. You create
this effect by increasing the column depth. The chart has also been tipped forward a
bit, so that it appears ...