Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual

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ILLUSTRATOR CS3

User Guide

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Labels in Graph Data window

A. Data set labels B. Blank cell C. Category labels

Enter labels

For column, stacked column, bar, stacked bar, line, area, and radar graphs, enter labels in the worksheet as follows:

If you want Illustrator to generate a legend for the graph, delete the contents of the upper-left cell and leave the
cell blank.

Enter labels for the different sets of data in the top row of cells. These labels will appear in the legend. If you don’t
want Illustrator to generate a legend, don’t enter data-set labels.

Enter labels for the categories in the left column of cells. Categories are often units of time, such as days, months,
or years. These labels appear along either the horizontal axis or vertical axis of the graph, with the exception of
radar graphs, for which each label results in a separate axis.

To create labels consisting only of numbers, enclose the numbers in straight quotation marks. For example, to use
the year 1996 as a label, enter "1996".

To create line breaks in labels, use the vertical bar key to separate lines. For example, type Total|subscrip-
tions|1996
to produce the following graph label:

Total

subscriptions

1996

Enter data sets for scatter graphs

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scatter graph differs from the other kinds of graphs in that both axes measure values; there are no categories.

Scatter graph data

Enter data-set labels in every other cell along the top row of the worksheet, starting with the first cell. These labels
will appear in the legend.

Enter y-axis data in the first column and x-axis data in the second column.

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