how do I draw/insert a pie slice in Power Point?

[FranceeInNorway]

I want to be able to make pie slices of varying angles, that is 1/4 of a pie,
or 1/3 of a pie, or by the size of the angle.

 

[PPTMagician]

The way I do it is by inserting a pie chart, set the values I need to get the
size slice I want, then exit the edit mode of the chart. I then right click
on the chart, ungroup it and delete the parts I don't want. You can adjust
the angles of the slice that you keep. Lazy, I know. But fast.

Glenna

 

[Tushar Mehta]

One way would be to create a pie chart with just 2 elements. Then,
format one of them to have no area and no border, leaving the other
looking like a wedge.

By changing the relative size of the 2 pie elements, one can create any
sized wedge. To get a 1/4 pie the visible part of the 2 elements
should be 1/4 of the total of the 2 elements. So, the visible element
should be 1 and the hidden element should be 4-1 = 3. To get a 1/3
pie, use 1 for the visible element and 3-1 = 2 for the invisible
element.

To get a pie of some specified angle, just remember that the angle at
the center of a circle encompasses 360 degrees. So, a 60 degree wedge
requires the visible element to be 60/360 = 1/6 of the total. Hence,
it should be 1 and the invisible element should be 6-1 = 5.

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[FranceeInNorway]

Thanks! should have thought of that myself.

The way I do it is by inserting a pie chart, set the values I need to get the
size slice I want, then exit the edit mode of the chart. I then right click
on the chart, ungroup it and delete the parts I don't want. You can adjust
the angles of the slice that you keep. Lazy, I know. But fast.

Glenna