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Adobe Illustrator Help Creating Templates for Data-Driven Graphics
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3 Click the Make Visibility Dynamic button in the Variables palette, or choose Make
Visibility Dynamic from the Variables palette menu.
The Visibility variable appears in the Variables palette.
To make an object’s content dynamic:
1 Select a linked image, text, or a graph.
2 Do one of the following:
• If you want to create a new variable that matches the type of the selected object, make
sure that no variable is selected in the Variables palette.
• If you want to bind the object to an existing variable, select that variable in the Variables
palette. The variable type must either be unbound, or match that of the selected object.
3 Click the Make Object Dynamic button in the Variables palette, or choose Make
Object Dynamic from the Variables palette menu.
The Text String variable , the Linked File variable , or the Graph Data variable appears
in the Variables palette.
To unbind a variable:
1 Select a variable in the Variables palette.
2 Click the Unbind Variable button in the Variables palette, or choose Unbind Variable
from the Variables palette menu.
Editing variables
You change the name and type of a variable by editing its options. You can also lock all
variables in a document. Locking variables prevents you from creating variables, deleting
variables, and editing variable options. However, you can bind and unbind objects to
locked variables.
You change the name of an object in the Variables palette by editing the object’s
name in the Layers palette. (See “
Setting layer options” on page 216.)
To edit variable options:
1 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the variable in the Variables palette.
• Select the variable in the Variables palette, and choose Variable Options from the
Variables palette menu.
2 Edit the variable name and type, and click OK.
To lock and unlock variables:
Click the Lock Variables button or Unlock Variables button in the Variables palette.
Deleting variables
Deleting a variable removes it from the Variables palette. If you delete a variable that is
bound to an object, the object becomes static (unless the object is bound to a variable of a
different type).
To delete a variable:
1 Select a variable you want to delete.