User Guide

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Apply colors and textures to a pie chart “Changing Pie Chart Colors and Textures” on
page 152
Show series and data point labels in a pie chart “Showing Labels in a Pie Chart” on page 15 3
Make individual pie wedges more visually
prominent
“Separating Individual Wedges from a Pie
Chart” on page 154
Add shadows to pie charts “Adding Shadows to Pie Charts and Wedges” on
page 154
Rotate a 2D pie chart “Rotating 2D Pie Charts” on page 15 5
Perform other formatting “Formatting Charts” on page 140
Changing Pie Chart Colors and Textures
Here are ways to change pie chart colors and textures:
To ll series elements with specially designed colors or textures, click Inspector in m
the toolbar, click the Chart inspector button, and then click Chart Colors. Choose a
ll type (for example, 3D Texture Fills) from the rst pop-up menu, and choose a ll
collection (for example, Marble or Wood) from the second pop-up menu. Then
do one of the following:
To ll all the wedges, click Apply All. The rst ll is applied to elements in the rst Â
series, the second ll to elements in the second series, and so on.
To ll a single wedge, drag the ll to the wedge. Â
To adjust the opacity, stroke, shadow, and other graphical attributes of individual pie m
wedges, select the wedge you want to change, click the Graphic inspector button, and
then make the adjustments you want.
When adjusting the opacity and ll, note that dragging the Opacity slider at the
bottom of the Graphic inspector changes the opacity of the chart as a whole. To
format only a selected series, select it, and then adjust the opacity of the color ll,
gradient ll, or tinted image ll, as needed. For more details, see “Adjusting Opacity” on
page 222 and “Filling Objects with Colors or Images” on page 223.
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Use one of your own images as a ll “Filling an Object with an Image” on page 225
Change the look of the line around the pie or a
wedge
“Changing the Style of Borders” on page 218
Change the shadows “Adding Shadows to Pie Charts and Wedges” on
page 154
Change the depth qualities of a 3D pie chart “Adjusting Scene Settings for 3D Charts” on
page 15 9
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