: How to display data labels in Illustrator graph function (pie graph)? I am trying to make a pie graph that has both the data labels (e.g. 33%) and the series name (e.g. "apples"). Here is

@YK2262411

This is impossible to do. But there is a workaround. I have made a step-by-step tutorial to help answer it. It's available here: www.dropbox.com/s/0cu7r7fkj8ttlz2/Pie%20charts%20with%20labels%20in%20Illustrator.pdf?dl=0

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@Kaufman565

The illustrator graph tool, while useful, hasn't been updated since the 1990s. Adobe simply don't care about it. Working with it is all about horrible clunky workarounds, unfortunately.

Maybe there's some trick I'm unaware of, but here's the best workaround I can think of:


In excel or similar, create a row or column next to your data that includes both lines of text separated by something unique. For example, "7%#Apples", where # is only used as a placeholder for line breaks. This could be a formula like =a2&"%#"&a1
Copy this row or column alongside the data into the crappy spreadsheet imitator in Illustrator
In Graph Type, make sure legend is set to "Legend in wedges"
Apply any styles etc





Copy your graph (so you still have a "live" graph off the artboard somewhere for new or ammended data), and make any copies for other graphs, as after this step we'll break the graphs into regular shapes
Ungroup the graph, and Edit > Find Replace, swapping the unique string like # from earlier with Forced line break from the special characters @ menu.

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