Graphics Programs Reference
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To start, select the Line Graph tool from the Tool window. You should see
an icon of some kind of chart. Press and hold down the icon to choose the
chart type.
Then download the population data at http://datasets.flowingdata.com/
world-population.csv . You can't load data directly from a URL like you can
in R, so you have to save the file on your computer. Open the CSV file in
excel or Google Documents, so that it's like Figure 4-36. Copy all the rows,
except for the header row that names each column. You're going to paste
the data into Illustrator.
Go back to Illustrator. Using the Line Graph tool, which you already
selected from the Tool window, click-and-drag a rectangle that is approxi-
mately the size that you want your graph to be. A spreadsheet, as shown in
Figure 4-37 will pop up.
FIGurE 4-37 Spreadsheet to enter data in
Illustrator
FIGurE 4-36 CSV file opened in excel
Paste the data that you copied from excel, and then click the check mark
on the top right. You should see an image that resembles Figure 4-38.
FIGurE 4-38 Default line graph in Illustrator
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