Pie
Series
Pie series have a single data value per pie slice that is
graphically represented as a percentage of the sum of all the values in the
series. Pie series may not be mixed with other series types.
Pie series accept dragged colors to set the
slice fill color, the outline color and the gradient fill color. Other
attributes of Pie series may be changed through the Pie Series Inspector.
Pie Series Inspector
When a Pie series is
selected in the chart, the Inspector displays the controls that are used to
set its attributes. The Pie
Series Inspector contains a tab view with two tabs:
Style and Labels. The contents of
each of those tabs are addressed separately below.
Style Tab
The attributes set with controls found in the
tab labeled ÒStyleÓ apply only to the currently selected series. Changing the
values of these attributes does not affect any of the other series in the chart
unless they are also selected.
¥ Line Width and Color
The Line Width slider and the color well set the width and color all of the
lines outlining the Pie slices.
¥ 3D Effect
Pie series are flat two-dimensional graphics by default. You can enhance the
look of any Pie series by making it three-dimensional. 3D Pies have additional
attributes that you can alter:
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Height - The height or thickness of a pie is set with the
slider or by entering a value in the text field. Here is an example of a pie
series whose height is smaller than the one shown above. |
¥ Rotation
Rotates the pie about the center point.
¥ Series Name
The Series Name switch turns the Series
name labels on or off.
¥ Series Name Color
Sets the color used to draw the series
name.
¥ Gradient Fill
Adds a concentric gradient fill to pie
series.
¥ Slice Offset
Select a slice that you want to offset
from the pie by double clicking on the slice, then set the slice offset.
Labels Tab
The contents of this tab are used to control the content, color, position and
rotation of the series labels.
¥ Labels
A switch titled ÒLabelsÓ at the top of the tab view panel will enable or
disable the series labels for the selected series.
¥ Label Content
The content of the data labels is set to:
Data - numeric labels
Text - textual labels
Text and Data - both textual and numeric values in the labels
The textual labels are taken from the row label cells in the Data View Window.
The numeric labels are the data value that determines the Pie slice size. When
choosing the percent option, data labels are shown as a percentage of the whole
pie.
¥ Label Position
Label positioning options are relative to
the pie slice Ð centered on the slice or positioned just outside the pie. Series labels can be double-clicked to
deep-select them, then dragged freely across the chart. When this is done, the
label position is set to ÒCustomÓ.
¥ Label Color
The Label Color sets the display color of series labels.
¥ Label Rotation
The Rotation controls set the rotation of all of the series labels.