: Can I use Illustrator to import text data and populate text boxes? I have a long list of organizations in one column in my csv. I would like to populate separate text boxes within one Illustrator
I have a long list of organizations in one column in my csv. I would like to populate separate text boxes within one Illustrator file with this data. These text boxes are not in a table, but in a radial shape.
Variables only seem to pluck one entry per iteration of the file.
Is there a way to write a script that iterates through one column, pulling in one entry per text box, in the same document?
I just want to start at the top of the circle, working my way around, each box gets the next name in the column.
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Indeed, CSV and tab-delimited .txt import is possible with this script! raw.githubusercontent.com/Silly-V/Adobe-Illustrator/master/Variable%20Importer/VariableImporter.jsx
This script can bind variables by name or note, and there's another script in the repo called "Rename Art from Text" which can help auto-name your text frames.
The VariableImporter.jsx script auto-creates the variables and can also auto-bind them to the art based on the art name or note!
since you mentioned Variables, one possible solution would be to turn your placeholder text in illustrator into variables with the help of this script, then create a valid xml variable library and load it to populate your text placeholders.
Possibly doable using Adobe's ExtendScript Toolkit to create a JS-powered automation script to pull the data from the CSV and apply it as needed inside Illustrator. But this is beyond my Illustrator-fu. Check out www.adobe.com/devnet/scripting.html to see how you might be able to accomplish this.
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