Creating Shadows

You can give objects on your worksheets the illusion of depth by adding shadows. Excel provides several preset shadowing options, or you can create your own by specifying color, transparency, size, blur, angle, and distance. You can change all these shadow options at the same time in the Format Shape pane (New!). Instead of starting from scratch, you can select a preset shadow in the Format Shape pane (New!), and then customize it.

Add a Preset Shadow to a Shape

Image Select the shape you want to modify.

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