Adobe Illustrator - filling number shape with text

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filling number shape with text

advance scout

2005-06-10, 7:20 pm

Hi ... this newsgroup had helped me earlier with the same problem and
unfortunately I misplaced the answer. Basically what I want to do is this
.... make a large "0" (zero) and then paste names into it from an excel
spreadsheet. I have misplaced teh direction sand would appreciate any help!

Thanks

iehsmith

2005-06-10, 7:20 pm

On 6/10/05 4:15 PM, advance scout uttered:

> Hi ... this newsgroup had helped me earlier with the same problem and
> unfortunately I misplaced the answer. Basically what I want to do is this
> ... make a large "0" (zero) and then paste names into it from an excel
> spreadsheet. I have misplaced teh direction sand would appreciate any help!
>
> Thanks

Here's the last I found:
In article <EQlQd.21719$O56.5574@fe09.lga>,
"advance scout" <ivanhoe@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:

> Not sure how you would do that.. The excel spreadsheet has two columns...
> first name and last name. When you cut and paste into a word doc.it forms a
> table with two columns... now I "bullet" each line (I want a bullet
> character between each name inside the number shapes) and cut and paste that
> into illustrators numbers shapes. Each name is now on its own line ...
> necessitating the backspace on each line. Now if there is a way to find and
> replace that would be great. Where would i do that? The excel spreadsheet
> is in columns and rows...and I think I need to keep it that way to add
> Bullets to the names. Any suggestions?
>

Excel-> Export to Word

Word-> Table to Text, Tab Delimited.
Word-> Find & replace: ^t to ' ' (tab to space, no quotes :)
Word-> Find & replace: ^p to ' '{bullet}' '
(replace string is 'space-Bullet-space, curse non ASCII characters!)

Set typeface etc. to taste, and do the Illustrator import thing.

- Doug, Passing Through

iehsmith

2005-06-10, 7:20 pm

The threads ranged form 02/12/05-02/1505 and the subjects were:
filling a "number" shape
new question re: filling a number shape

You can google it for all the posts;)
inez

advance scout

2005-06-10, 7:20 pm

thanks inez,

yes i had just googled it and found all of the old threads. The replys by
Donster were exactly what I was looking for. This time I printed it out and
locked the answer in a vault ; )

(now if only I could remember the combination to the vault)

THANKS !

"iehsmith" <inezhsmithspammenot@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:BECF7286.3483F%inezhsmithspammenot@earthlink.net...
> The threads ranged form 02/12/05-02/1505 and the subjects were:
> filling a "number" shape
> new question re: filling a number shape
>
> You can google it for all the posts;)
> inez
>

iehsmith

2005-06-11, 4:14 am

On 6/10/05 5:34 PM, advance scout uttered:

> (now if only I could remember the combination to the vault)

LOL ;¬)