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The Excel workbook demonstrates advanced Excel techniques to dynamically slice through gobs of data. The data sheet has nearly 6,000 records and watching the animation, I find myself wishing there were more years of data so that the animation would last longer!





Not only is the world getting fatter and this includes virtually every country, but women are leading the way. That's not comforting!





With the slider you can choose which country to highlight. You can choose to watch the animation at this normal speed or in slow motion.





All in all, this Excel animated business chart works well, and the Excel implementation is very instructive.





Here is the workbook:

















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Sophisticated chart animation is just one of literally dozens of advanced methods that my students in the inaugural class of the Excel Hero Academy are learning.

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Here's a list of other animated charts on Excel Hero:





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Recently I stumbled across a very interesting Flash based Body Mass Index chart at The Washington Post. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to emulate the chart in Excel. I think it really captures the essence of the original.