Format pie graphs
You can change the placement of the legend and how wedges are sorted in pie graphs. You can also specify how you want to display multiple pie graphs.
- Select the graph with the Selection tool.
- Choose Object > Graph > Type, or double-click the graph tool in the Tools panel.
- Do any of the following:
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To change the placement of the legend, select an option for Legend.
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To specify how multiple pie graphs are displayed, select an option for Position.
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To specify how wedges are sorted, select an option for Sort.
Percentages and legends are painted
black by default. If a pie wedge with a dark background obscures
a legend, repaint the dark background. Use the Group Selection tool
to select the dark pie wedges, and paint the wedges using the Color panel
or Swatches panel.
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Pie graph options
- Legend
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Determines the placement of the legend.
- Standard Legend
- Places column labels outside the graph; this is the default. Use this option when you combine pie graphs with other kinds of graphs.
- Legends In Wedges
- Inserts labels into the corresponding wedges.
- No Legend
- Omits legends entirely.
- Position
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Specifies how multiple pie graphs are displayed.
- Ratio
- Sizes the graphs proportionally.
- Even
- Makes all the pie graphs the same diameter.
- Stacked
- Stacks each pie graph on top of the other, and each graph is sized proportionally to each other.
- Sort
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Specifies how wedges are sorted.
- All
- Sorts the wedges of the selected pie graphs from largest to smallest value proceeding clockwise from the top of the pie graph.
- First
- Sorts the wedges of the selected pie graphs so that the largest value in the first graph will be placed in the first wedge, and the rest will sort from largest to smallest. All other graphs will follow the order of the wedges in the first graph.
- None
- Sorts the wedges of the selected pie graphs in the order in which you entered values proceeding clockwise from the top of the graphs.