Pull Out Pie Slices in a Pie Chart

You can highlight pie slices by pulling them out from the rest of the pie.

Because the pie slices represent data items, if you replace or delete the data item, the slice is no longer pulled out and returns in the pie.

For example, the following chart shows revenue by product line with the Outdoor Protection slice pulled out.

Figure 1. Example of a pie chart with a slice pulled out
a pie chart displaying revenue by product line with slices of less than 1,000,000,000 in revenue pulled out by 25%

Procedure

  1. Right-click the pie slice that you want to pull out and click Explode Slice.

    The slice is pulled away from the chart.

  2. To return the pulled-out slice in the pie, right-click the pie chart object and click Remove Exploded Slices.
Parent topic: Customizing charts