Creating and Customizing Pie Charts

This video tutorial demonstrates how to create and customize a pie chart in Microsoft Excel. It covers selecting data, inserting a pie chart, adding and formatting data labels as percentages, adjusting the appearance of the chart, and applying explosion effects to pie slices. The tutorial also explains how to change the colors of pie slices and finalize the chart with a meaningful title.

What is the first step in creating a pie chart in Excel?

• Add data labels

• Click and drag to select data

• Choose a chart type

• Select the pie chart icon

Which chart type is used in the example for a simple pie chart?

• Donut

• 3D Pie

• Bar Chart

• 2D Pie

What is the purpose of adding data labels to a pie chart?

• To change the chart color

• To display data values or percentages

• To rotate the chart

• To explode a slice

How can you display percentages instead of values on a pie chart?

• By exploding a slice

• By selecting 'Percentage' in data label options

• By rotating the chart

• By changing the chart type

What option allows you to rotate the pie chart?

• Data label position

• Angle of first slice

• Slice explosion

• Chart type

Which data label position is selected in the example?

• Outside End

• Center

• Inside End

• Best Fit

What is the effect of increasing the pie explosion slider?

• It changes the chart color

• It rotates the chart

• It makes slices appear to break apart

• It changes data label positions

How can you highlight a specific slice in a pie chart?

• By changing the chart type

• By exploding the slice

• By changing the data label position

• By rotating the chart

What is the final step in customizing the pie chart?

• Renaming the chart title

• Changing the chart type

• Adding data labels

• Exploding a slice

How can you change the color of a pie slice?

• By selecting the slice and using 'Format Shape Fill'

• By rotating the chart

• By changing the data label position

• By exploding the slice