Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (2024)

You can rotate 3D, radar, pie, or donut charts to adjust the angle and orientation of the chart. You may want to emphasize some data, for example, by positioning certain data at the top or bottom of the chart.

  • Rotate a 3D chart: Click the chart, then drag Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (1).

    Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (2)
  • Rotate a radar chart: Click the chart, then in the Format Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (3)sidebar, click the Charts tab. In the Radar Chart section, drag the wheel next to Rotation Angle, or enter a degree value in the adjacent field to specify the angle at which you want to rotate the chart.

  • Rotate a pie chart: Click the chart, then in the Format Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (4) sidebar, click the Wedges tab. Drag the wheel next to Rotation Angle, or enter a degree value in the adjacent field to specify the angle at which you want to rotate the chart.

  • Rotate a donut chart: Click the chart, then in the Format Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (5) sidebar, click the Segments tab. Drag the wheel next to Rotation Angle, or enter a degree value in the adjacent field to specify the angle at which you want to rotate the chart.

If a 3D chart doesn’t have a rotation control, the chart may be locked. To rotate the chart, you must unlock it first.

Move, resize, and rotate a chart in Numbers on Mac (2024)

FAQs

How do you rotate a chart in numbers on a Mac? ›

Drag the wheel next to Rotation Angle or enter a degree value in the adjacent field to specify the angle at which you want to rotate the chart. Rotate a doughnut chart: Click the chart, then in the Format sidebar, click the Segments tab.

How to move a chart in Numbers Mac? ›

Move a chart

Click the chart, then drag from the centre to move the chart (don't drag the white squares on the border). As you drag, yellow alignment guides help you position the chart in relation to other objects on the sheet.

How to resize a chart in numbers? ›

Resize a chart
  1. Click the chart.
  2. Do one of the following: Change the depth or width of the chart: Drag a white square in the middle of the top or bottom border of the chart to change the chart's depth; drag a white square in the middle of the right or left border to change the chart's width.

How do you rotate a table in numbers on a Mac? ›

Note: You can't flip a table, chart, image gallery, or 3D object.
  1. Click the object to select it, or select multiple objects.
  2. In the Format sidebar, click the Arrange tab.
  3. Click a Flip button (near the Rotate wheel) to flip the object vertically or horizontally.

How do you rotate in Apple numbers? ›

While writing vertical text, select two to four characters you want to rotate. , then choose Rotate to Horizontal. When editing the horizontal characters, you can make all the characters bold, italic and so on, but you can't edit the individual characters separately.

How do you resize a graph? ›

To resize a chart, do one of the following: To change the size manually, click the chart, and then drag the sizing handles to the size that you want. To use specific height and width measurements, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter the size in the Height and Width box.

How do I resize multiple rows in numbers? ›

In the Format sidebar, click the Table tab. In Row & Column Size, click the Height and Width arrows to set the size you want. The entire row or column is resized. Selecting cells from more than one row or column resizes all of the rows or columns included in the selection.

How do I change the rotation on my Macbook? ›

Rotate the image on your Mac display
  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Displays in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) ...
  2. Click the pop-up menu next to Rotation on the right and choose how many degrees to rotate the image on your display.
  3. In the dialog that appears, click Confirm.

How do I change the direction of a table in numbers? ›

Change the table direction: Click the table, in the Format sidebar, click the Table tab, then click a Table Direction button at the bottom of the sidebar. Change the sheet direction: Move the pointer over the sheet title (by default, Sheet 1), click the down arrow that appears, then choose Reverse Sheet Direction.

How do I change from portrait to landscape in Mac numbers? ›

How do I change to a landscape setting? Numbers File menu > Print > click the landscape document icon in the Page Orientation section of the Print Setup sidebar.

How do you rotate a view on a Mac? ›

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Displays in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Click the pop-up menu next to Rotation on the right and choose how many degrees to rotate the image on your display. In the dialog that appears, click Confirm.

How do I rotate chart labels? ›

Change the alignment and orientation of labels
  1. In the Vertical alignment box, click the vertical alignment position that you want.
  2. In the Text direction box, click the text orientation that you want.
  3. In the Custom angle box, select the degree of rotation that you want.

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