import chart data from Excel or CSV
Need to be able to import data from an Excel (or at least a CSV) file, to create chart with Charting tool. Rather antiquated to have to copy/paste to get data for a chart. (In more than 30 years of using AI, I've NEVER been given a data file in TXT format--the only option currently available to import graph data.)
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Anonymous commented
Check out Datylon Graph for Illustrator extension. Maybe this solves the data importing issues you are facing?(and maybe even some more!)
https://www.datylon.com/graph -
Richard commented
From Excel, do File > Save As unicode text file. WIth a .csv, change the file extension to .txt. They are the same thing.