How to use variable data in adobe Illustrator

This videos shows how you can use text from an excel file or spreadsheet and merge it with a design in illustrator.

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[johnarmstrong]

For those who get invalid XML : This usually means you have bad data and none of these convertors seem to handle '&' properly (probably a side-effect of copying to and from the webpage and the browser doing the translation). Most likely you just need to search for '&' in the variable text and replace it with '& amp;' (no space, I had to put a space there so the browser would stop translating it) and you'll be in business. That worked for me.

[ares]

Saved my life (which would otherwise be spent on duplicating the file a hundred times)! Thank you!

[Qbranch]

That was spectacular. Thank you for adding the part about Actions and Batch also, both new to me and exactly what I needed to do next. Thanks again for the very helpful video.

[EllenElleUS]

Thanks for posting this tutorial! Helped me save so much time creating tech pack specs at work!

[BlodgettOvens]

This a a very clear and easy to follow tutorial. Well done!

[skyjaymom]

These are great tutorials. I also watched the PSD one too. I have a question for you. . . say I am doing address labels and I can fit 10 per page. How would I set my file up so that I can populate those?

[AlbertoSanchez]

This is great for creating business cards for lots of employees.

[baronandbuxtonleathergoods]

great clip....helped me so easy...chur bro

[danielrosin]

Good evening, Thank you for posting this video.  I think I followed your video exactly and I am not getting the same results.  I get an error that says: "The incoming Data Library is invalid". Any ideas about what I need to do to fix this? thank you
-Daniel (It might show my name as being stephanie, thats my mother in law, we have a small family business)