User Guide

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About graphs
Adobe Illustrator’s graph tools let you
create six different graph styles:
• Grouped column. The default graph
style compares one item to another or
compares different items over a period
of time.
• Stacked column. This graph compares
the progress of a group of variables over
time or shows the relationship of parts
to the total. The values for each cate-
gory are stacked one on top of another,
instead of side by side, as they are in a
grouped column graph.
• Line. This graph shows the trend of
one or more items over a period of time.
• Pie. This is a circular graph with
wedges showing data segments and
their percentages of the total.
• Area. Similar to the line graph, an area
graph emphasizes totals as well as fluc-
tuations in data over time.