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office >> BASIC PIE CHART IN SMARTART GRAPHICS

by lokolamb » Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:37:03 GMT

Version: 2008

How do I make each section of the chart represent different percentages.

I am unable to resize the sections of the pie chart, which makes it unusable for me. I need to resize the sections by percents, so that each section represents a different percentage of the whole. Right now each section that is added represents a fraction of the whole - so that if there are 3 sections, then each section is 1/3 or 33.3%, and is there are 4 sections, each section is 1/4, or 25%, and so on.
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office >> BASIC PIE CHART IN SMARTART GRAPHICS

by Michel Bintener » Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:19:23 GMT


Hi,

we need more information in order to help you. First of all, which
application are you using? Secondly, how do you proceed to create the pie
chart? My guess is that you are using a SmartArt graphic; the pie charts
generated by SmartArt are very nice, but they are meant to be used for
presentation purposes rather than as representations of proper numerical
data. If you want a real pie chart (in Word and PowerPoint), try using
Insert>Object, Microsoft Excel Chart instead; in Excel, simply use the chart
tab that's part of the Document Gallery.


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office >> BASIC PIE CHART IN SMARTART GRAPHICS

by CyberTaz » Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:37:21 GMT

It sounds like you are selecting only the labels without selecting the data
to be plotted. The size of pie slices, columns, etc. is determined by the
values being plotted, not by manual adjustment.

See the Help of whatever program you're using on the topic: Create a Chart

For future reference: Whenever you post it's a good idea to indicate not
only what program the problem pertains to but also what specific version of
that program. Charting, for example, can be done in Word & PowerPoint as
well as Excel. Also, in either of the three Charts can be created using the
Insert> Chart command or by way of Insert> Object> Microsoft Graph Chart
which results in a different process. Your message includes none of that
information.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



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