Some of what you want to do is possible either natively in XL or can be
simulated though possibly only in a limited manner. Other items (full
range of colors for example) are not.

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> Hi,
>
> I'm having to re-create a 3D barchart (vertical bars) in Excel which
> was built in Ilustrator by designers. The chart has to be editable by
> many different users by updating the data. Some users have Excel 2003
> and others have 2002. My question is can Excel handle it or should I
> look at third-party software? Here are some of the features I'm
> struggling with:
>
> - spacing between bars to vary (i.e. space between Y-axis and then next
> two bars together)
> - full-range of color choices everywhere by RGB or hex code (i.e.
> heading, grid lines)
> - 3D shading of the bars (i.e. the top and side will be a lighter or
> darker color)
> - good resolution for the grid lines (i.e. mine shows jagged lines)
> - altering the side of the legend's colored squares
> - having a small horizontal line extend toward the values shown on the
> Y-axis
>
> I'd really appreciate any comments. I need to control my client, but
> on the other hand, I need to know what is possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michele
>
>