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Copy Excel Graphs into Illustrator

Community Beginner ,
Mar 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020

I'm having issues copying certain graphs from Excel to Illustrator. Some paste just fine. Others paste like this example. The text is scrambled. I'm assuming it's a security measure encrypting the data. Wanted to ask the community though as this isn't always the case. 

Excel graph to illustrator.png

 

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Enthusiast , Mar 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020

Change the Font/Size in Excel before pasting it into Illustrator.

Alternate option: re-create graph in Illustrator.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/graphs.html

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Community Expert ,
Mar 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020

Is that on a Mac?

In that case try a different font in Excel. There maight be issues with Calibri

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New Here ,
Jun 21, 2022 Jun 21, 2022

Lol I was not expecting this but this solved my issue. Directly copy-pasting an excel table with Calibri text led to a table full of nonsense pasted into illustrator. Changed the font in excel & problem solved! This is such a weird bug 😄

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Explorer ,
Apr 03, 2023 Apr 03, 2023

This only worked for 1 graph in the same file. I am on Windows.

 

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Community Expert ,
Apr 03, 2023 Apr 03, 2023
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This only worked for 1 graph in the same file. I am on Windows.


By @Gunes Ozcan_work

 

Please tell us step by step what is happening. Screenshots help.

And since the correct answer in this thread doesn't help you: please create a new one.

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Enthusiast ,
Mar 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020

Change the Font/Size in Excel before pasting it into Illustrator.

Alternate option: re-create graph in Illustrator.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/graphs.html

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Explorer ,
Apr 03, 2023 Apr 03, 2023

This only worked for 1 graph in the same file. I am on Windows.

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