Importing data from another application
If you first save data files as text in other applications, you can import the data files into Adobe Illustrator. In the text files, each cell must be separated by a tab, and each row must be separated by a carriage return. You can cut and paste data from a spreadsheet application such as Lotus® 1-2-3 or Microsoft Excel using your computer's cut and paste procedures. The data can only contain decimal points or decimal commas; otherwise, the data is not plotted. For example, enter 732000, not 732,000.
To import data from another application: - Create a graph. Make sure that the graph is selected.
- If the graph data dialog box is not already open, choose Object > Graph > Data.
- Click the cell that will be the top left cell of the data that you import.
- Click the Import Data button
. - Open the file that you want to import. The data is imported and entered into the work sheet in the graph data dialog box.
- Click the Apply button
. The graph is updated with the imported data.
To copy and paste data from another application: - Open the application and file containing the data you want to copy, select the data, and choose Edit > Copy to copy the data to the Clipboard.
- Open the Adobe Illustrator program.
- Create a graph. Make sure that the graph is selected.
- If the graph data dialog box is not already open, choose Object > Graph > Data.
- Click the cell that will be the top left cell of the data you paste.
- Choose Edit > Paste. The data is pasted into the cells in the graph data dialog box.
- Click the Apply button
. The graph is updated with the pasted data.
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