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Selecting individual pie wedges, Showing a series name in a pie chart, Separating individual pie wedges – Apple Keynote '08 User Manual

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Chapter 8

Using Charts

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Selecting Individual Pie Wedges

If you want to format one or more wedges, you need to select them first.

Here are ways to select pie wedges in a selected pie chart:

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To select a single wedge, click it.

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To select all the wedges, select any wedge and press Command-A.

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To select nonadjacent wedges, hold down the Command key as you select each
wedge.

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To select a continuous range of wedges, select the first wedge, and then hold down the
Shift key as you select the last wedge.

Showing a Series Name in a Pie Chart

On pie charts, you can display series names.

To show series names in a pie chart:

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Select the chart or individual pie wedges.

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Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Chart Inspector button, and then click Series.

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Choose Show Series Name from the Data Point Label pop-up menu.

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Choose Inside or Outside from the Data Point Label pop-up menu.

Separating Individual Pie Wedges

To make pie wedges more visually prominent, you can separate them from the pie. You
can add a series name to separated wedges to further enhance their prominence, as
“Showing Data Point Labels” on page 153 describes.

Here are ways to separate individual pie wedges:

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To move a single wedge away from the center of a 2D or 3D pie chart, select it and
then drag it or use the Explode control on the Series pane of the Chart Inspector.

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To separate all the wedges away from the center of a 3D pie chart, select the chart
before using the Explode control.

Set a pie wedge apart

by using the Explode

slider and giving it

a series name.