I need to reproduce some professional looking charts & graphs for an awards brochure – last year we used excel and it looked pants. Does anyone know of any software that will produce a higher quality??

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm PIE :o)

I think there's an MS Office package dedicated to charts. MS Chart?

excel 2007 or the mac 2008 version

when come back bring pie (chart)

graphjam.com

surely your average pie-lover would take the 3/4ish of the pie as their first piece, leaving the smaller bit for 'pudding'?
That looks a poor attempt at pie-scoffing to me.

Now I have to have a custard pie! Or is that lemon tart ? I see no nutmeg…

wow! i'm overwhelmed with the knowledge you lot are sharing today…

3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 is that exact enough ?

Microsoft Chart was a…companion to Microsoft Multiplan, the company's spreadsheet in the early 1980s

but cheers anyway steveomcd with the only serious answer…i think.

Oh you wanted a serious answer?

Do you have Adobe Illustrator?
http://lifehacker.com/195713/how-to-create-graphs-in-adobe-illustrator

But to be honest Excel can make some fairly shiny looking charts:
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2005/11/18/494558.aspx

with the only serious answer

it's your fault for mentioning pies to hungry people!

Do you have Adobe Illustrator?

you cannot be serious, that's inedible 🙁

http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/chart.htm

For simon:

For simon:

good attempt Graham but too healthy! Replace pumpkin (ugh!) with custard, Apple with triple chocolate, coconut with cheese and onion etc

I was with you till "cheese and onion" pie… bleuurgh.. unless of course you mean in a pasty. Or possibly in a delicious quiche form.

Quiche. The gentleman's pie.

Damn I'm hungry now..

I was with you till "cheese and onion" pie… bleuurgh.

well, I have to admit I was floundering as I never eat pies :o) But on the upside I have chocolate chip cookies 🙂