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Hi ,

Im trying to rotate my pie chart so that larger segments are on the top of
the chart and smaller ones on the bottom. The chart defalts to the reverse
and im not sure how to move the pieces or rotate the entire chart. Can
someone help!?
Im using Excel 2003

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Hi,

Double click the pie and then on the Series tab of the Format dialog change
the Angle of first slice.
Or you could sort your data.

Sounds as if a column/bar chart on ranked data would be more useful.

Cheers
Andy

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Hi ,

Im trying to rotate my pie chart so that larger segments are on the top of
the chart and smaller ones on the bottom. The chart defalts to the reverse
and im not sure how to move the pieces or rotate the entire chart. Can
someone help!?
Im using Excel 2003

Thanks,
--
Opal


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Oh Great!! It worked!

My pie chart looks great now.

Thanks Andy!
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"Andy Pope" wrote:

Hi,

Double click the pie and then on the Series tab of the Format dialog change
the Angle of first slice.
Or you could sort your data.

Sounds as if a column/bar chart on ranked data would be more useful.

Cheers
Andy

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info
"Opal" wrote in message
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Hi ,

Im trying to rotate my pie chart so that larger segments are on the top of
the chart and smaller ones on the bottom. The chart defalts to the reverse
and im not sure how to move the pieces or rotate the entire chart. Can
someone help!?
Im using Excel 2003

Thanks,
--
Opal


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