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How to change 3D chart rotation in Excel?

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In Excel, you not only can change the 2-D chart’s rotation, you also can change the rotation of a 3-D chart.

Change 3D chart rotation

Change 3D chart rotation

There is a function called 3-D rotation in Excel.

1. Right click at the chart and select 3-D Rotation in context menu. See screenshot:

a screenshot of opening the 3-D Rotation dialog box

2. In the popping dialog, you can type the degree you need in the X and Y text boxes to change your 3D chart rotation.

a screenshot of typing the new 3-D rotation degree you need

Note: In Excel, when the Format Chart Area pane comes out, click the Effect tab, and then specify the proper degrees into the text boxes of X Rotation and Y Rotation successively.

a screenshot of changeing the X and Y rotations in the Format Chart Area pane

3. Close dialog. You can see the chart has been rotated.

a screenshot of the original chart rotation
a screenshot of an arrow
a screenshot showing the new chart rotation after settings

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