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edwink80424516
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August 18, 2021
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Illustrator charts - align column totals

  • August 18, 2021
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Hi there,

 

While working on some charts in illustrator (O_o), i'm trying to add some column totals. But i can't get them positioned good.

My steps:

  1. created the stacked bar graph
  2. add a square with a text field in front, with '%20' in it (to specify numbers and no decimals) and group it
  3. save as object > graphs > design
  4. group select the columns and apply the just created design. I just can't get the totals to be upright

 

Is this something that just doesn't work on a stacked bar graph? I've tried to prerotate the totals and save these as element, and ticked and unticked the 'rotate design' box to test.

 

see the attached image: To the left are my 4 graph-designs i tried. Currently the graph is using the 1st/top one - where the number is upright already.

 

We have a lot of graphs to do, so i want to preset as much as possible. But can this be done in advance?

 

Regards, Edwin.

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Correct answer edwink80424516

Thanks for the reply,

 

I thought i did just that, but it seems i needed to stretch the column more so that AI gets it. Thanks for letting me having another go at it!

 

see the attached image of what didn't work and does work - from the column-designs to the left the square background doesn't work, rectangle background does..

 

Cheers, Ed'

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 18, 2021

Design it the way it shoul look.

And then rotate it upright.

 

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    Timberrr
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    December 5, 2021

    Can you help me to stop the numbers from scaling with the column? 
    My problem is the number is being included in the length of the column and the numbers themselves are being scaled. In this picture, the red numbers (placed manually) are what I'm after and the black numbers are what I'm getting from the graph design. (The graph design is just a rectangle with the %21 text placed above then those two elements grouped and saved as a new design, then applied to the columns.)

     

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2021

    Okay,

     

    gave it a go, but it seems the datalabel is taken into account of the bar-height, instead of being placed above it.

    See my screenshot. Eventhough the guides are on the same height, the numbers are taken into account of the barheight - whereas it shouldn't be imo.

     

    But i won't hijack Timber's thread (eventhough i started this 😉 and just keep an eye on this thread.


    There needs to be an invisible rectangle with the same size as the green rectangle that sits below everything else.

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