This exercise was done completely in Mac Excel 2016, and other than not knowing a few of the shortcuts I use everyday, it was not very different from working in Windows Excel 2016. Dynamic Charts in Excel. It’s pretty easy to set up data and create a chart in Excel. But once you’ve created a chart, it keeps plotting data from the same cells. Open Microsoft Excel on your PC or Mac. Open the document containing the data that you'd like to make a pie chart with. Click and drag to highlight all of the cells in the row or column with.
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Charts are a strongpoint in Excel for Mac 2011. Students, businesses, scientists, news organizations, economists, and many other groups use charts. When you make charts in Office 2011 for Mac, you find a brand-new set of Chart tabs on the Ribbon that guide you with the latest Microsoft charting technology.
If you have some data to chart, by all means use it as you go through these examples. Typing in the data was the hard part. Now for the easy part: making the chart!
Select a cell in the data range.
On the Ribbon’s Charts tab, go to the Insert Chart group and then choose a chart type.
A palette displays, showing various subtypes of charts. Choose one you think will display your data well. Excel figures out the boundaries of the data range and instantly displays your chart. To follow with the example, choose Line→2-D Line→Marked Line.
If the chart looks wrong, chances are Excel’s guess about which rows and columns to use for the axis was wrong. It’s a 50-50 proposition. To fix this problem, on the Ribbon’s Charts tab, locate the Data group and choose whichever Switch Plot button is not selected to switch row and column data source.
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When you select a chart, the Chart menu activates, the data range is highlighted, and you have three extra tabs on the Ribbon to enjoy: Charts, Chart Layout, and Chart Format. You can right-click individual chart elements like series, plot area, legend, and so on to display pop-up menus that lead to more formatting options. If you’re into designing great-looking stuff, welcome home!
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Creating Pie Charts
The third major type of chart is the pie chart. Pages allows you create 2D or 3D pie charts. You can make simple ones, or use colors and textures to create what almost seem like physical objects. Pie charts are great for taking a whole amount, like a budget or population, and visually showing the divisions within it.
How To Insert A Pie Chart In Excel On Mac
- Open a blank page layout document.
- Click the Charts button on the toolbar.
Select the 2D pie chart.
- You get a basic pie chart in the middle of your page.
- Use the same Chart Data Editor to change the values in the chart.
Pie charts only use the first row of data.
- Bring up the Inspector window.
- Go to the Chart inspector.
- You can remove or alter the appearance of the labels. The Position setting determines how far from the center of the pie the label appears.
You can add the column names for each item in the pie chart.
- Choose only one slice of the pie by clicking it.
- Move that slice away from the center of the pie to emphasize it.
- Add a shadow under just that slice, or the entire pie chart.
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