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3 Select the graph type and options you want. (See
page 381.)
4 Apply the selected data to an axis by selecting On Right Side, On Left Side, On Top Side,
or on Bottom Side from the Value Axis pop-up menu and click OK.
5 Use the group-selection tool again to select a different set of data on which to apply a
different graph type, and which will be assigned to a different axis.
6 Perform steps 2 through 4 again on the new data, creating a different graph type and
assigning the data to the opposite axis, and then click OK.
Exporting graph designs to other files
You can create a custom startup file that contains the graph designs you use most
frequently. The graph designs contained in the startup file then appear in the graph
design list in the Graph Design dialog box and are available in every new Adobe Illustrator
file you create. (See "Creating a custom startup file" on page
Customizing a graph
You can customize a graph in numerous ways. You can change the colors of shading;
change the typeface and type style; and move, reflect, shear, rotate, or scale any or all of
the graph. You can use customized column and marker designs. You can also use styles to
apply transparency, gradients, blends, brush strokes, and other effects to graphs.
About graph elements
It is essential to keep in mind when you customize a graph that a graph is a grouped
object that is related to its data. Never ungroup the graph; if you do, you cannot change
the graph. To edit a graph, you select the parts you want to edit without ungrouping the
graph, using either the direct-selection tool or the group-selection tool.
It is also important to understand how elements of a graph are related. The entire graph
with its legends is one group. All the sets of data are a subgroup of the graph; in turn, each
set of data with its legend box is a subgroup of all the sets of data. Each value is a
subgroup of its set of data, and so on. Never ungroup or regroup objects that are within
the group.
You can see the hierarchy of grouping within a graph by creating a column graph with two
or more columns of data. The first column in the first cluster of columns is grouped with
the first column in the next cluster of columns. In addition, the group of the first columns
is grouped with the first legend.
Selecting parts of a graph
If you want to select some objects in a graph and send them to the back or front of other
objects, it's important that you send only objects that represent an entire set of data or
individual numbers. You can select individual columns, lines, pie wedges, or series and
move them to the front or back. Do not, however, select and move individual category
labels, individual legend labels, individual axis tick lines, individual axis tick labels, or
vertical or horizontal axis lines.
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