How to Create Curved Labels in Excel Doughnut Chart (With Easy Steps)

We will use a dataset that contains information on the Sales Amount of the first six months of a company. We will plot the data on a doughnut chart and create curved labels with WordArt.

STEP 1 – Create a Doughnut Chart in Excel

Select all the cells of your dataset.

Go to the Insert tab and click on Insert Pie or Doughnut Chart.
Select the Doughnut Chart from the drop-down menu.

The Sales Amount chart will appear.

If you check the Data Labels option, the Data Labels will appear like the picture below.
You can see the Data Labels are in straight lines.

STEP 2 – Deselect Data Labels in the Doughnut Chart

Select the chart, and a plus (+) sign will appear.
Click on the plus (+) sign and deselect or uncheck the Data Labels option.

STEP 3 – Insert Data Labels Using WordArt

Navigate to the Insert tab and click on the WordArt option. A drop-down menu will appear.
Select any text format you want to use. We have selected the white text with a blue outline format.

A box with the message ‘Your text here’ will appear.
We will insert the Data Labels here. We have typed January in the ‘Your text here’ section.

STEP 4 – Resize the Font in WordArt

Right-click on the font and select Font from the Context Menu.

Set the font size to 18. You can choose a size according to your Data Labels length.

Click OK to proceed.

STEP 5 – Change Data Label Effects

Select the Data Label and go to the Shape Format tab.
Select Text Effects and then, select the Transform option. A drop-down menu will appear.
Click on the Arch icon.