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Import multiple path files from excel sheet into illustrator

Community Beginner ,
May 31, 2021 May 31, 2021

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Hey! I'm working on a project for my college. I've 100+ differnet illustrator files of just paths. I need a way to import paths in illustrator from an excel sheet containing random paths from those 100 differnet path files of illustrator. Help me with it. Thanks. 

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Jun 01, 2021 Jun 01, 2021

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What exactly do you need help with?

Getting those Excel paths into Illustrator? Does exporting a PDF from Excel and then importing that into Illustrator help?

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Jun 01, 2021 Jun 01, 2021

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I suspect the OP’s »100+ differnet illustrator files of just paths« means they have ai files and the »paths« in the excel files are the filepaths/fullName/… 

 

What exactly »an excel sheet containing random paths« ultimately means seems unclear to me, though. 

If random placement of a finite nuber of files (or the paths in the files) was the aim, why involve excel? 

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 02, 2021 Jun 02, 2021

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You're exactly right. this is what I want. the excel sheet will contain the path url from the laptop which are in the different locations which i'll format that in excel so in the end, i wanted 100+ illustrator files from different locations from my computer from my excel sheet in one AI file, this will save me alot of time and then once they are in illustrator i'll manage it further, don't worry about that. please help with it. 

I'm attacghing screenshots, you'll get an idea what i want exactly. thanks

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Jun 01, 2021 Jun 01, 2021

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Hi @sourabhd50498953 

please describe a bit more in detail.

 

Show screenshots from what you really want and/or give us an example XLS file and and example (result) AI file, please.

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Jun 02, 2021 Jun 02, 2021

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Hey! thanks for replying, i'm attaching the screenshots of what i want. here's an folder of 100+ marvel character decals i made in AI, an excel sheet will contain random names and paths from those decals, i want AI to import those ai files in a single artboard from that excel sheet. i'm attaching of screenshots of those as well. 

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Jun 02, 2021 Jun 02, 2021

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100 files will take 100 seconds to copy/paste from excel and place into Illustrator.

Or you can write a script which would read a text file previously exported from Excel, make a text array from text lines and add placedItems with PlacedItem.file property.

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Jun 02, 2021 Jun 02, 2021

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Hey! thanks for replying, i'm attaching the screenshots of what i want. here's an folder of 100+ marvel character decals i made in AI, an excel sheet will contain random names and paths from those decals, i want AI to import those ai files in a single artboard from that excel sheet. i'm attaching of screenshots of those as well. 

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Jun 06, 2021 Jun 06, 2021

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The files seem to reside in the samne Folder already so what is the excel sheet good for? 

For (pseudo-)randomisation a Script itself could handle picking X number of the files in the Folder at random. 

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Jun 07, 2021 Jun 07, 2021

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They won't be in the same folder, i just gave an example. locations would be vary and i'd put that in that excel sheet. 

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They won't be in the same folder, i just gave an example. locations would be vary and i'd put that in that excel sheet. 

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