How to create an Arc length chart in PowerPoint

This tip is about some tricks on how to create an Arc length chart:

To create a progress Arc length chart, do the following:

   1.   On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click the Chart button:

   2.   In the Insert Chart dialog box, on the Pie tab, choose the Doughnut chart:

   3.   In the Chart in Microsoft PowerPoint dialog box:

   3.1.   Enter as many streams of your doughnut chart as you want, and with volumes, you need:

   3.2.   Add the new column with formulas:

   4.   Under Chart Tools, on the Design tab, in the Data group, click on the Select Data button:

   5.   On the Select Data Source dialog box, click on the Switch Row/Column button:

PowerPoint changes your data like in the chart below:

   6.   Change the width of the pie chart layers:

   6.1.   Right-click on your chart data and choose Format Data Series... in the popup menu:

   6.2.   In the Format Data Series pane, on the Series Options tab, choose the volumes of the following fields:

• Angle of first slice, for example:
     
• Doughnut or Point Explosion (it is visible only for the top layer), for example:
     
• Doughnut Hole Size, for example:
     

   7.   Hide unneeded data:

   7.1.   Right-click on any slice of the data, which you want to hide, and select Format Data Point... in the popup menu:

   7.2.   In the Format Data Point pane, on the Fill & Line tab, in the Fill section, choose No fill:

   7.3.   Repeat the previous step for all data points you want to hide:

Make any other adjustments to get the desired appearance.

See also this tip in French: Comment créer le diagramme circulaire de progrès dans PowerPoint.