Formatting Pie Charts

When creating a pie chart, you can specify the starting angle for the first pie slice, the level of separation between pie slices, the position and type of pie slice labels, and the slice border style and width. You can also set font options including font, font size, effects, and angle for the textual display of the slice values.

  To format a pie chart:

  1. Open a report and create or select a pie chart.

  2. On the Chart Properties property sheet, click the Format Chart button.

  3. Click the Pie Options tab.

  4. To specify the angle of the first pie slice, use the slide tool for Pie Angle. The angle is measured in degrees from 0 to 360, counterclockwise, with 0 degrees pointing to the 3 o'clock position.

  5. To indicate the distance between the pie slices, use the slide tool for Separation. Moving the slide tool to the left makes the space between slices smaller; moving the slide tool to the right increases the space between slices.

  6. Select a Show Slice Values as option:

    • To show data values as a percentage, select Percent.

    • To show the absolute value of the pie chart data, select Data.

    • To display the data value as a label, select Label.

  7. To set font options for the slice values shown in the chart, click the Font button, Font icon.

  8. Select a Position option:

    • To show the slice values outside of the pie chart, select Exterior.

    • To show the slice values inside of the pie chart, select Radial. Use the slide tool to adjust the location of the data value inside of the slice.

  9. From the Slice Border Style drop down list, select a style to apply to the border of the slices in your pie chart: solid, dotted, dashed, or dotdash.

  10. To indicate the width of the borders for the pie chart slices, use the slide tool for Slice Border Width. The maximum width is 100.

  11. Click OK.

    Note:

    You can define styles for the slices of the pie that represent the current data set. For more information, see Defining Styles for Data Sets.