How to Make a Pie Chart in Word

1. Open Microsoft Word. Click the 'Insert' tab. Click the 'Chart' button on the ribbon.
2. Scroll to the 'Pie' chart section and click one of the pie chart options. Click the 'OK' button. The 'Insert Chart' window closes and the 'Chart in Microsoft Office Word -- Microsoft Excel' window opens. Drag the Excel window to the side or to another monitor so you can see both document. A generic placeholder pie chart appears on the Word page.
3. Click the 'Sales' cell in the Excel window and type the pie chart title -- 'Miles walked this week,' for example.
4. Click each of the header cells in column 'A' and replace their names with the names you want to use for the various sections of the pie chart.
5. Click each of the data cells in column 'B' and type the figures that you want to use for the slices of the pie chart.
6. Add additional pieces to the pie chart by right-clicking any of the four columns in Excel, selecting 'Insert' and adding the column header and data cells.
7. Click the red 'X' in the Excel window's upper right corner to close it. The Word pie chart adjusts automatically.
8. Scroll through the options on the green 'Chart Tools' tab in Word. Select a new color scheme for the pie chart from the 'Chart Styles' section of the ribbon, if desired.