1. No doubt you are familiar with the POAMs pie charts for the different family
business unit(s). But did you know this chart was initially created in
Adobe Illustrator?
Delayed for Reason CI
Plan of Action and Milestones (POAMs)

2. • WHY copy data created in an Excel
file into an Adobe Illustrator
format?
• WHY not create your pie charts
in PowerPoint or even Excel?

3.  Because, IF YOU LIKE THE clean lines, color, etc., this is simply not always
possible when creating pie charts in EXCEL or PowerPoint.
CRISP, to the point, but not…

4. This was created in Adobe Illustrator
Graphs let you communicate statistical information in a visual way.
In Adobe Illustrator, you can create
nine different types of graphs and customize them to suit your needs.
This is a basic Adobe Illustrator pie chart, but how was it created?
Please follow along…

5. Where do we start in Adobe Illustrator
1 Copy your EXCEL DATA into an Adobe Illustrator file
Security Control Family CI
Certification & Accreditation 2 1.72%
Media Protection 2 1.72%
System and Information Integrity 3 2.59%
System and Communication Protection 4 3.45%
Identification & Authentication 5 4.31%
Contingency Planning 6 5.17%
Audit & Accountability 8 6.90%
Access Control 10 8.62%
Configuration Management 12 10.34%
No Control Selected 64 55.17%
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6. Where do we start in Adobe Illustrator
2 BUT HOW? Open a new Adobe Illustrator file then:
SELECT A GRAPH TOOL.
The tool you use initially determines the type
of graph Illustrator generates;
Define the dimensions of the graph in any of
the following ways:
 Drag diagonally from the corner
where you want the graph to begin to
the opposite corner. Alt-drag
(Windows) to draw the graph from its
center. Hold down Shift to constrain
the graph to a square.

7. Where do we start in Adobe Illustrator
3 Select a graph tool (continued)
Click where you want to create the graph. Enter
a width and height for the graph, and click OK.
 Note: The dimensions you define are for
the main body of the graph and do not
encompass the graph’s labels and legend.

8. Where do we start in Adobe Illustrator
4
Select a graph tool (continued)
Enter data for your EXCEL data and paste into the
GRAPH DATA WINDOW.
Click the Apply button, or press the Enter key on
the numeric keypad to create the graph.
The Graph Data window stays open until you close
it. This allows you to easily switch between editing
graph data and working on the artboard.
Graph data window
A. Entry text box B. Import data C. Transpose row/column D. Switch x/y E. Cell style F. Revert G. Apply

9. Where do we start in Adobe Illustrator
5
Select a graph tool (continued)
Your Excel Data is now part of Adobe Illustrator
Click the Apply button or
press the Enter key on the
numeric keypad to regenerate
the graph.

10. You now have a Adobe Illustrator pie chart
6 Note: Once your Adobe Illustrator pie chart with labels have been
created, please save the file as a .jpeg, .png, and insert into
PowerPoint.

11. Delayed for ReasonCI, etc.
Of course there is no need to reinvent the
wheel… Once you’ve created a pie chart in
Adobe Illustrator, just simply copy your new
data from your Excel document and hit apply!