Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

You can also rotate the design in the Graph Column dialog legend box. By default, the 
design is rotated to appear horizontal in the legend box. You can turn this option off so 
that the design appears vertically in the legend box. 

Rotated graph design compared to unrotated design

Creating a graph design is similar to creating a pattern. (For design ideas that you might 
use when creating graphs, see 

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When you create a design or use a design in a file, the design is saved. To use that design 
in another file, either open the file in which you created the design or use the Window > 
Swatch Libraries > Other Library command and choose the file whose designs you want 
to import. (When the designs are imported, you will see the colors, gradients, and patterns 
in the new file, but the actual graph designs will only be visible in the Graph Design 
dialog box.)

1 Create a rectangle as the backmost object in the design. The rectangle represents the 
boundary of the graph design.

2 Paint the rectangle as desired, or fill and stroke it with None so that it is invisible.

Copy and paste the smallest column in your graph to use it as the bounding rectangle 
for your design.

3 Create the design using any of the drawing tools, or position an existing design in front 
of the rectangle.

4 To display column totals with the graph design, skip to that procedure later in this 
section.

5 Using the selection tool  , select the entire design, including the rectangle.

6 Choose Object > Group to group the design.

7 Choose Object > Graph > Design.

8 Click New Design. A preview of the selected design appears.

Graph Design dialog box

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