MS Excel has standard chart types for this: ...or this: ...or this: ...but not this: (Fig. 1) (Fig. 2) (Fig. 3) The workbook below features a proper 3D scatterplot within MS Excel. The chart has these properties: Display points with arbitrary X/Y/Z values Rotate the plot freely in all three dimensions (see animated GIF 1MB, assembled from screenshots ) Zoom into the plot and shift projection Optio