Apple Pages 2 User Manual

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Chapter 9

Creating Charts

On pie charts, in addition to showing values for wedges, you can display the series

name.

To show a series name in a pie chart:

1

Select the chart or individual pie wedges.

2

In the Chart Inspector, click the Series button.

3

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

4

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

You can separate any (or all) of the pie wedges.

To separate individual pie wedges:

1

Select the individual pie wedges. (To select more than one pie wedge, hold down the

Command key as you click each wedge.)

2

Drag the pie wedges or the Explode slider until the pie wedges are separated as far as

you want.

You can also type a number in the Explode field, or use the arrows to increase or

decrease the number.

You can put shadows on individual pie wedges or on the pie as a whole. Putting

shadows on individual wedges makes it look like the wedges are in different layers.

Add shadows to
individual wedges or
the whole pie.

Separate individual pie
wedges.

Set a pie wedge apart by
using the Explode slider
and giving it a series
name.

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