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Selecting pie graph options


    The following legend options let you choose how to display legends with pie graphs:

    • 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.

    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 palette or Swatches palette.

    The following position options let you choose how to display multiple pie graphs:

    • 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.

    The following sort options let you choose which element is displayed first, proceeding clockwise from the top of the pie graph:

    • All sorts the wedges of the selected pie graph from largest to smallest value.
    • 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.