Changing pie chart options
You can change the appearance of a pie chart by detaching a slice, or exploding the entire pie. You can also tilt a pie chart. In a pie of a pie chart, you can specify which slice of the pie chart links to a second pie chart. For more information about chart types, see “Presenting spreadsheet data in a chart.”
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Click a pie chart, and click a slice.
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Right-click the selected slice, and click Series properties.
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Click the Type options tab.
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In the Explode area, move the Detach slice slider.
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If you want to detach all of the pie slices, move the Explode pie slider.
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To change the tilt of a pie chart | |
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Click a pie chart.
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Right-click the chart, and click Series properties.
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Click the Type options tab.
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In the Orientation area, move the Pie tilt slider.
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Adjust the pie depth
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Move the Pie depth slider.
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Rotate the pie
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Move the Pie rotation slider.
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You cannot adjust the pie depth when the tilt option is set to zero.
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To change the linked slice in a pie of a pie chart | |
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Click a pie of a pie chart.
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Right-click the chart, and click Series properties.
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Click the Type options tab.
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In the Pie of a pie area, type a number in the Link to slice box.
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