Create Excel Report Easily with Pivot Tables

Adding a gradient to your #excel dashboard or reports gives them a bit more depth and style. It’s not as hard as you might think and is one of the easiest ways to make your designs more engaging. Here’s how to do it.

Let me show you how to make Excel look pretty - we’re going to use some creative formatting to create dashboards with this cool 3D beveled effect. The interface to do this works exactly the same as powerpoint. We’re just layering a couple rectangles and formatting one to have a dropshadow and the other to create a blurry highlight color in the background. You can then add your charts on top and give them a dropshadow too. The effect is really nice and I guarantee people will ask you if it is act

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