[olug] Open Office Experts?

[K.J. Kirwan]

I tried to work up a Pie Chart Test that 
uses Daniel's suggested workaround.  
Maybe someone else can do better.  

I couldn't find any color="invisible", 
so I went with white as Dan suggested.  
Also the circle around the pie might 
be turned off, but I just left it on.  

But at least the "padding area" fills 
in for the less than 100% situations, 
and makes the rest of the pie chart 
segments the correct proportion.  
(I'll let someone else do optional 
multiple pies for > 100% cases, LOL.) 

The two-sheet sxc (12k) is attached, but 
will probably be removed by OLUG's server.  
Hope it helps, as a starting point anyway.  

Kim


Daniel Linder wrote:
> I don't have OOo to experiment with right now, but can you make the other
> pieces of the pie either "white" (assuming the background is white) or is
> there an "invisible" option?
> 
> To show a 3/4 pie, you'd need a 3/4 piece in color, and a 1/4 piece in
> "white".  I believe you can set the fill and shadow options, but can you
> set the line color options on the graphs?
> 
> Dan
> 
> Joe Gulizia said:
> 
>>That's the problem....I'll put in 1/2 and get a pie
>>chart that looks like 1/3, etc.  I'll keep trying
>>options though.
>>
>>CB_Joe
>>--- "K.J. Kirwan" <kjk_elec at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Would "Insert, Chart" (pick "pie") and then
>>>"Format Cells, Fractions" work for you?
>>>Also lots of right-click options for appearance.
>>>
>>>But the pie chart seems to always equal 100%.
>>>If you put in 5 entries of 1/10 each, you don't
>>>get a half-circle, you get a full pie in five
>>>equal pieces (2/10 each).  Maybe this is not
>>>what you want if you are teaching fractions.
>>>
>>>If anyone here is an OOo expert and knows a
>>>better way, please clue us in.
>>>
>>>Kim
> 
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