Task 6: Refine the chart appearance
In the following example, the label identifies the motorcycles sector:
Figure 13-15 Legend section of Format Chart
3 Figure 13-16 Series Labels formatting options
4 Figure 13-17 Adding Category Data to a labelFigure 13-18 Selecting Value Data from the drop-down listFigure 13-19 Adding a label separatorFigure 13-20 Modifying the standard number format
9 Figure 13-21 Opening Font Editor from LabelsFigure 13-22 Edit Font
10 Now set a consistent length for the leader lines that connect the labels to the sectors. Figure 13-23 indicates where to find the leader line settings.Figure 13-23 Editing leader lines and exploding sectorsTo make the chart more useful to the report users, you can add interactive features, such as hyperlinks and highlighting. You can add interactive features to the chart area, legend, marker lines, and to other parts of the chart.The chart appears as shown in Figure 13-24. The completed chart shows the category names for each sector as well as the sector values. The size and organization of the chart make quick analysis possible, while still providing detailed data. For example, the user can immediately see that the largest pie sector is Classic Cars, which has 35,582 orders, followed by Vintage Cars, which has 22,933. The two car sectors are larger than all other sectors combined. Other product-line groups, such as Trains, do not contribute significant numbers of orders.Figure 13-24 Completed tutorial chart
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