Task 6: Refine the chart appearance
In the following example, the label identifies the motorcycles sector:
Figure 14-15 Legend section of Format Chart
3 Figure 14-16 Series Labels formatting options
4 Figure 14-17 Adding Category Data to a labelFigure 14-18 Selecting Value Data from the drop-down listFigure 14-19 Adding a label separatorFigure 14-20 Modifying the standard number format
9 Figure 14-21 Opening Font Editor from LabelsFigure 14-22 Edit Font
10 Now set a consistent length for the leader lines that connect the labels to the sectors. Figure 14-23 indicates where to find the leader line settings.Figure 14-23 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 14-24. 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 14-24 Completed tutorial chart
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