Importing Numbers graphics in InDesign

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Importing Numbers graphics in InDesign

I would like to use a Numbers Chart in InDesign. Once the chart is created in Numbers I can simply copy and paste the pie-chart but I can't seem to get the legend to copy and paste. I quick solution would be to export the document as a PDF however all the cell boarders from the Numbers document are showing up in the PDF. Is there a way around this?

iMac (Early 2006), Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 16, 2008 6:44 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 16, 2008 9:44 AM in response to André Mersereau

André,

You're on the right track. You can change the Table borders to None before you Export or Print to PDF if you don't want them to appear in your target document. If you don't want your Table to appear at all in your exported content, drag it to another page of the same sheet and only 'Print to PDF' the page with the Chart on it.

Regards,

Jerry

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Answer 2

KOENIG Yvan

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Nov 17, 2008 3:13 AM in response to André Mersereau

Select the chart and its legend.
Group the objects.
Copy the group in a Pages document, export this document as RTF.
Control click the .rtfd file which will be created.
Select "Show Package Contents".
You will see the content of the doc. One file is a PDF containing the chart with its legend.

Some times ago, I wrote an AppleScript automating the process.
Go to my iDisk:
<http://idisk.me.com/koenigyvan-Public?view=web>

Download
for iWork:forNumbers:saveChart.zip
Expand it,
double click on "saveChart.applescript"
Read the given explanations and apply them.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 17 novembre 2008 12:13:51)

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