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Can you tell me how this word art was created in MS Excel?

How did this person get the percent sign to "reach out" or zoom out at you? How did they get the gradient color fill in the blocks of cells? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.User generated image
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Inset a Rectangle shape and add the text (%). Choose 3-D effects from the Format tab, and select the appropriate 'Perspective' effect.
Yep, just play around a bit, like this:
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Oops, sorry.

 That advice was for Word
The Excel 'Perspective' doesn't seem to work in the same way that Word does.

You could try adding two freeform triangle shapes to the rectangle (or text box). One would share one side with the top of the rectangle, with the other corner above and to the right of the rectangle. The other triangle would be on the right-hand side, with the same position for the third corner. Then fill the two triangles with slightly different colours.
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Gerwinjansen, can you give me the exact steps you took to create the first shape effect on the left with the yellow percent sign? Thanks in advance.
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Thank you so much, gerwinjansen!
I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for sheana11's comment #37818822

for the following reason:

Went above and beyond the call of duty to help me.
I don't understand why the answered question is closed with 0 points. Maybe you made a mistake in closing?
Sorry about that, it is 4 am in the morning.....need my coffee. Think I gave you your 500 points.
No problem, thanks :)
Gerwinjansen, did you get the shape from "AutoShapes" in Excel?