How to make a series of half-circles

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Jim Parker

I can make a half-circle by making a circle and then
putting a white box over half of it, but then I cannot
make a series of half-circles without the various white
boxes covering some of the other half circles.

How can I get a stand-alone half-circle that I can have in
various colors?
 
Jim,

Add a pie chart graph to your slide.
Make 2 segments...both with a value of 1 (or 50) (or any 2 numbers the
same!)

Then Draw>ungroup. You now have 2 half circles!

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
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Hello Jim,

If you don't need a border (line) around the half-circles you can use the
"Arc" autoshape

1) Drawing toolbar -> Autoshapes -> Basic Shapes -> Arc
2) Click in slide area to drop a perfect 90-degrees arc
3) Drag one of the adjustment handles (yellow diamonds) to increase the arc
to 180-degrees
4) Drawing toolbar -> Fill color -> <chose any color>
5) Drawing toolbar -> Line color -> No Color

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One more way: Autoshapes --> More AutoShapes. Look for the shape called
"Chord" should do what you want quite nicely.

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