6. chart
tool
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2) Use the Chart Tool to make 4” x 4” pie chart.
7. Let’s make two pie charts: one showing proportion of citywide population represented
by CD3 and another showing the proportion of CD3 represented by your census tract.
MENUS
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pop. data
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Steps: 1) open template.
cd3 vs.
[city - cd3]
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tract vs.
[cd3 - tract]
2) Paste population data into table.
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6) Create a palette. 5) Select part of chart you want to color with
select tool; Use eyedropper tool to color the polygon.
10. Let’s use the sort functions in Excel in order to visually
organize census data based on our own study area zones.
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find /
replace
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1) Clean up data utilizing Find & Replace.
11. Let’s use the sort functions in Excel in order to visually
organize census data based on our own study area zones.
area a
area b
area c
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2) Insert a column to add a letter code for each census
tract’s zone
12. Let’s use the sort functions in Excel in order to visually
organize census data based on our own study area zones.
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2) Insert a column and add a letter code for each census
tract’s zone
13. Use the sort function to organize census data based on the study area zones.
sort
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3) Sort the data based on the new column.
14. Let’s generate some percentages for households
where non-relatives are living.
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formula
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4) Hide extraneous columns; add a column; sum family and nonfamily HH with non-relatives; 5) Divide new column by total HH.
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6) Use Chart Tool to create 6” x 4” bar graph.
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7) Paste total HH into table; enter a new ‘dummy’ maximum
value in the last row; 8) Make a second chart and paste total nonrelatives into table. Add the same ‘dummy’ maximum, for scale.
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9) Build a color palette. Close table window for bar graph. Ungroup
both graphs 3 times; delete all lines and labels from non-relative
graph; use eyedropper to color bars with your palette.
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10) Use Align panel to overlay the two sets of bars; use the Direct
Selection tool to delete the far-most right bar (our ‘dummy’ bar).
Delete the horizontal tick marks along the x-axis.
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stroke
palette
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11) Add color to Total HH bars; 12) Ungroup all bars; use Selection
tool to create space between zones; 13) Add labels and use Rotate
tool to rotate them; 14) Extend and modify line weights of axes.
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15) Add labels for percentages. Where text overlaps with axes,
delete background lines using Scissors tool.
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16) Use ‘Find Font’ to replace fonts with preferred; adjust boxes
and positions accordingly.
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17) Add labels for title, units, areas, key. 18) Use rectangle tool to
create background shading.
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19) Remove any unnecessary lines.
25. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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1) Download a jpeg of an icon that has clean lines and few colors
and File>Place it in illustrator.
26. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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2) Select Object >Live Trace>Make and Expand to have
Illustrator approximate a series of vectors of the jpeg
27. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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3) Ungroup; Use the Direct Selection Tool to delete extraneous
vectors.
28. Let’s first borrow an icon from the Internet
and convert a jpeg into vectors we can work with.
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4) Edit colors, styles, etc. You can also copy/paste the icon into
InDesign.
29. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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5) Place a jpeg of a photo with a clear figure in Illustrator. Lock its
layer.
30. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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6) In a new layer, use the pen tool to trace the edges of the figure.
31. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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7) Trace other important visual features.
32. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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8) Add lines if needed to describe the figure.
33. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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9) Use direct selection tool and color palette to color the icon.
34. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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10) Use direct selection tool and color palette to color the icon.
35. Another approach is to create an icon
by tracing over a photograph.
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11) Select any secondary line or shape overlaid on your flat color
and use Object>Path>Divide Objects Below (or use the Pathfinder)
to punch through your shapes and create new polygons.
36. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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12) Find an icon in a font that you like.
37. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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13) Paste character into a new text box, select box with direct
selection tool, and use Type>Create Outlines.
38. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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14) Ungroup the vectors.
39. A third way to create an icon is to convert
typographic icons to vectors.
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15) Edit colors, styles, etc. You can also copy/paste the icon into
InDesign.
40. You can also use icons that are available
for download under Creative Commons.
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