You can add reflections and shadows to shapes, text boxes, and images.
Select a shape, text box, or image.
Click the Style tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.
If you don’t see the sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Style tab, click
in the toolbar.
Select the Reflection checkbox.
Drag the slider to make the reflection more or less visible.
Select a shape, text box, or image.
Click the Style tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.
If you don’t see the sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Style tab, click
in the toolbar.
Click the disclosure triangle next to Shadow, then click the pop-up menu and choose a type of shadow:
Drop Shadow: Makes the object looks like it’s hovering above the page.
Contact Shadow: Makes the object look like it’s standing on the page.
Curved Shadow: Makes the object look like its edges are curled.
Adjust any of the following to change the shadow’s appearance:
Blur: The softness of a shadow’s edge.
Offset: How far the shadow is from the object or text.
Angle: The angle of the shadow.
Perspective: The angle of the light source in a contact shadow.
To add a shadow to a chart series, see Change the look of a chart.