MS Office Word: Rotate Diagram

Microsoft Word offers numerous templates for diagrams, but rotating the diagrams is not so easy. Sometimes the function is well hidden or not even available. Nevertheless, there is a solution for every case.

Rotate diagram in Word

In this tutorial we use a pie chart for rotation. Not all diagrams can be rotated in Word. Depending on the version of Word, the arrangement and names of the options may differ slightly.

• Right-click on the chart and select the option “Format Chart Area” or “Format Data Point”.

• Now look for the “Data series options” or “Series options”. You can find these in the top right-hand corner by clicking on the small arrow (see screenshot)

• Under the “Row options” you can now determine an angle by which the selected segment of the diagram should be rotated.

• The diagram then rotates through 0 to 360 degrees as desired.