Learn how to create a Pie Chart in Excel with percentages, without numbers, with words, multiple data or columns, etc. A pie chart helps understand data spread.

You can easily make a pie chart in Excel to make data easier to understand. The process only takes 5 steps.

Creating a Pie Chart Launch Excel and open a new worksheet. Create a basic spreadsheet with text labels in the first row and/or first column of the worksheet.

In Microsoft Excel, you can create a Half Pie Chart if your data range has a total. A Half Pie Chart is a 180 degrees graph that represents a composition as a whole.

When you create a pie chart in Microsoft Excel, three new tabs appear that offer several formatting options. One option is to overlay built-in shapes, such as block arrows that are useful as pointers.

You could simply put 1 for each category, as the pie chart will automatically proportion the slices. Or if Kindness is exceptionally important, you might give it a 2 while other categories get a 1.