Organizing data for column, stacked column, bar, stacked bar, line, area, and radar graphs
After you enter the labels for your graph, you're ready to enter each set of data under the appropriate column. Do not enter nonnumeric characters other than decimal points (.) and decimal commas; if you do, Illustrator won't be able to plot the data. For example, enter 245000, not 245,000. Column graph data - For column, stacked column, bar, and stacked bar graphs, the height of the column or length of the bar corresponds to the amount being compared. For column or bar graphs, you can combine positive and negative values; negative values appear as columns extending below the horizontal axis. For stacked column graphs, numbers must be all positive or all negative.
- For line graphs, each column of data corresponds to one line in the line graph. You can combine positive and negative values in a line graph.
- For area graphs, values must be all positive or all negative. Each row of data entered corresponds to a filled area on the area graph. Area graphs add each column's values to the previous column's totals. Therefore, even if area graphs and line graphs contain the same data, they appear substantially different.
- For radar graphs, each number is plotted on an axis and connected to the others in the same axis to create a "web." You can combine positive and negative values in a radar graph.
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