Create A Pie Chart In Visio - Microsoft Support

Create a simple pie chart

The Pie chart shape initially has 10 brightly colored slices of equal size. You can adjust the number, size, and color of each slice. The following illustration shows a pie chart in which we have changed the number and size of the slices while keeping the original colors.

1. On the File menu, click New. Select Categories then select Business. Then click Charts and Graphs or Marketing Charts and Diagrams.

2. From the Charting Shapes stencil, drag the Pie chart shape onto the drawing page, and then select the number of slices that you want.

   Tip: To change the number of slices later, right-click the pie chart, click Set Number of Slices, and then select a different number of slices.

3. Set the size of each slice in terms of its percentage of the pie:

   1. Right-click the Pie chart shape, and then click Set Slice Sizes.

   2. Type the size that you want for each slice, and then click OK.

      Tip: In the Shape Data dialog box, Pie 1 corresponds to the dark blue slice on your drawing page, Pie 2 corresponds to the slice to the left of Pie 1, and so on. The Shape Data dialog box is accessed by right-clicking the Pie Chart, selecting Data, then selecting Shape Data.

4. To change the color of a pie slice, select the pie chart, and then click an individual slice to select it. Click the arrow on the Fill button , and then click the color you want.

5. To add a title to the chart, from the Charting Shapes stencil, drag a Text block shape onto the drawing page. While the shape is selected, type a title.

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