Microsoft KB Archive/59956

Works: Creating a Three-Dimensional Chart

PSS ID Number: Q59956 Article last modified on 06-10-1996

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MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

The new packaging for Microsoft Works that began shipping in November 1989 displays a word processing document with a three-dimensional (3-D) chart. Although a true 3-D chart cannot be created with Works, it is possible to create a fair facsimile using a pie chart and the draw layer.

To create the 3-D chart, do the following:


 * 1) Open the spreadsheet document containing the information to be charted.
 * 2) From the Chart menu, choose New Pie Chart and create the chart.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 4) From the File menu, choose New and double-click the Word Processor icon to create a new untitled document.
 * 5) From the Edit menu, choose Paste. (The chart will be pasted into the draw layer of the active document.)
 * 6) From the Format menu, choose Ungroup Picture.
 * 7) Deselect the items by clicking in an unused area.
 * 8) Select and copy the first portion of the pie to be edited.
 * 9) Paste the portion back into the document and use Fill Pattern to change the color to black.
 * 10) Paste a second time and change the color to white.
 * 11) Slightly overlay and offset the three portions: black on the bottom, then white, and finally, the original pattern. Slightly offsetting each portion helps create the 3-D effect.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: macworkskb

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