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Inspiring
January 24, 2018
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Illustrator CC Graph Tool, Number Problem

  • January 24, 2018
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I have to prepare a graph that contains numbers in hundred millions. Illustrator (cc 2018) couldn't do that. I had to cut and reduce the numbers to 5 digit (ten thousands) Is that normal or am i doing something wrong?

Adding: Also i can not use decimal numbers. It says "they are not numbers" ?

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Inspiring
August 20, 2021

I can graph figures in the millions, I just can't set corresponding values in Override Calculated Values fields (Object > Graph (or Right-click the graph) > Type > Value Axis > Tick Values > Override Calculated Values), which top out at 2147483 for some reason.

Try unticking Override Calculated Values, graph your millions data, and manually typeset your Y-axis and horizontal ticks.

Doug A Roberts
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Community Expert
January 24, 2018

the largest number of digits i can put in is 10, and decimals seem to work fine.

what does it say when you try and put in more than 5 digits?

07murat07Author
Inspiring
February 9, 2018

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Doug+A+Roberts  wrote

the largest number of digits i can put in is 10, and decimals seem to work fine.

what does it say when you try and put in more than 5 digits?

Doug A Roberts​ Can you show us how you can do this while nobody could?

Doug A Roberts
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Community Expert
February 9, 2018

this is just a theory, but i think it's due to accuracy limitations from documents being defined in thousandths of a point. at a certain size, it's impossible for a graph with greater than 'x' (5 in this case) digits to be calculated. so as a test, i made a graph almost as large as the pasteboard size and tried again with better results.

i can't be certain of any of this though of course.