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Pulling Out a Pie Slice

A pie chart is an effective and easily understood chart type for comparing parts that make up a whole entity, such as departmental percentages of a company budget. You can call attention to individual pie slices that are particularly significant by moving them away from the other pieces, or exploding the pie. Not only will this make a visual impact, it will also restate the values you are graphing.

Explode a Pie Slice

Select a pie chart.

To explode a single slice, click to select the pie slice you want to explode.

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