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Pie chart SmartShapes

Find the Pie charts in the Charts section of the Content Catalog. These offer a super-
easy way to create a high-quality vector pie charts, with the program automatically
calculating the correct percentages for each pie slice.

You can adjust the pie segment values by...

• By dragging directly on pie segment handles to adjust the % size of each slice.
• By using a Data Input Form to the enter a simple column of numbers, with optional
labels
• By pasting data into the input form from a spreadsheet - you can display the values as
a percentage or absolute value. It automatically positions the labels around the pie,
using a common text style. Edit one label style and they all change to match (although
you can apply different styles to each label if you wish).
• You can ‘pull out’ to highlight any one segment simply by clicking on it, as shown
above.
• The segment colors are based on the Theme Colors used in your document (Theme
Color 1 to 5 and then shades) so the pie chart will match your document color theme.
• Or you can easily customize the color of any segment

As with all the shapes, hover over the adjustment handles to see a function description.