User Guide

Chapter 7 Creating Charts from Data 151
Formatting Specic Chart Types
Pie charts, bar and column charts, and other specic chart types have special
formatting options.
For example, you can apply a shadow to individual pie wedges, move wedges away
from the center of the pie, use dierent symbols for data points along dierent lines in
line charts, and more.
To learn how to Go to
Format pie charts and individual wedges in them “Customizing the Look of Pie Charts” on page 151
Format the bars in bar and column charts “Setting Shadows, Spacing, and Series Names on
Bar and Column Charts” on page 15 5
Format line chart elements “Customizing Data Point Symbols and Lines in
Line Charts” on page 156
Format area charts “Showing Data Point Symbols in Area Charts” on
page 157
Format scatter charts “Using Scatter Charts” on page 15 7
Format 2-axis and mixed-type charts “Customizing 2-Axis and Mixed Charts” on
page 15 8
Format 3D charts “Adjusting Scene Settings for 3D Charts” on
page 15 9
Customizing the Look of Pie Charts
One pie chart represents a single data set, and each wedge is one data point value in
that set (the rst data point from each data series). If the data series are in rows, only
the rst column is used in creating the chart; if the data series are in columns, only the
rst row is used in creating the chart. You can chart any data set by moving it to the
rst row or column of the table.
To adjust the look of an individual pie wedge, you must rst select the pie chart, and
then select the wedges you want to change.
Here are ways to select pie wedges in a selected pie chart:
To select any wedge, click it. m
To select all the wedges, select any wedge and press Command-A. m
To select nonadjacent wedges, hold down the Command key as you select each m
wedge.
To select a continuous range of wedges, select the rst wedge, and then hold down m
the Shift key as you select the last wedge.