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illustrator charts legend text to vertical

Hi Experts,

1. creating a chart in AI

2. I want to change the legend text so it appears vertical instead of horizontal

3. I can almost do it by

- creating a chart,

- selecting the text with the direct selection tool,

- rotating the text with transform,

- creating a graphic style

4. This will rotate the text as needed, but I cannt get the text to align top or bottom

5. Is it possible in charts to simply make the text in a legend appear vertical instead of horizontal

thank you Adobe community and i hope someone can help

Peter

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Correct answer Anna Lander

you can use right-align for the criteria texts and a right-centered Reference point in Transform effect.

this will allow you to align the texts top. If you need the bottom aligning, use left-align for the text and left-centered reference point.

Anna LanderCorrect answer

Inspiring

you can use right-align for the criteria texts and a right-centered Reference point in Transform effect.

this will allow you to align the texts top. If you need the bottom aligning, use left-align for the text and left-centered reference point.

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Hello Anna

thank you for the answer. I was hoping you could set it up in the chart preferences. Is that not possible

peter

Inspiring

unfortunately, no. chart tool in Illustrator is quite weak.

Community Expert

You can try and use the transform effect.

But that's about it.

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