Getting Started

šŸƒā€ā™‚ļø Intro šŸƒā€ā™‚ļø In this guide, we will explore the structure of a Darty-Ai spreadsheet, focusing on the header rows and method blocks. We will also include tips on how to effectively use defaults and paths, as well as common pitfalls to avoid when setting up your spreadsheet. Spend some time familiarizing yourself with this […]

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Using Private Google Sheets Shared with Business Emails in Darty-Ai

Private Google Sheets (Google App) Overview This guide explains how to connect private Google Sheets to Darty-Ai using a Google App (OAuth), allowing access via regular business emails—without coding or technical knowledge. Setup is one-time and typically takes under 10 minutes. Key Concepts Access options: Publicly shared Google Sheets, or Privately shared Sheets via a

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šŸŒ New in Darty-Ai: Advanced RTL & Regex Features for Global-Ready Illustrator Text

Our latest release brings powerful enhancements to Darty-Ai’s text method — helping creative teams manage multilingual, right-to-left, and data-driven designs faster and more precisely than ever. Whether you're working in Arabic, Hebrew, German, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, or beyond, Darty-Ai now gives you the control you need to translate and localize designs with confidence. ✨ Smarter

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šŸš€ Collaborative VDP Has Arrived – Darty-Ai Now Supports Google Sheets

Update Darty-Ai now supports private Google Sheets through Google’s official OAuth authorization system šŸ‘ This lets you securely use Google Sheets shared with your business email, without making them public. We now recommend this method instead of the service account workflow. Please see our Using Private Google Sheets with Darty-Ai article for the latest setup

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State Management for Artwork Appearance in Adobe IllustratorĀ® Using Excel and Darty-Ai

A Comprehensive Approach to Dynamic Artwork Manipulation State-management is an innovative methodology that empowers organizations to dynamically control and maintain the appearance of artwork in Adobe Illustrator. By leveraging Excel and the variable-data plugin Darty-Ai, this method integrates data-driven decisions with visual design elements, ensuring artwork remains synchronized with evolving data states. This approach is

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Illustrator Meets Google Sheets

Public Sheets For publicly shared Google Sheets, click the cloud icon. Paste the Google Sheet URL (address) you see in the browser bar or in the share panel, Then click import. Update Darty-Ai now supports private Google Sheets through Google’s official OAuth authorization system šŸ‘ This lets you securely use Google Sheets shared with your

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Preview Your Documents with Darty-Ai

After loading your Darty-Ai spreadsheet, you can quickly review how your data affects the artwork by clicking the Preview button. This opens a live preview document, where selecting any row instantly shows its output. To return the document to its original state, use the Reset Preview Document button. To refresh the spreadsheet data, click the

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Darty-Ai: A Modern Alternative to Illustrator’s Native Variables

Darty-Ai is a powerful Adobe Illustrator extension that reinvents the variable data printing (VDP) workflow, replacing Illustrator’s outdated Variables panel with a faster, more flexible system for dynamic design. Smarter Data Import & Reload Import data directly from Excel or Google Sheets—no CSV conversion required. One-click reload makes it easy to update your artwork with

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Darty-Ai Workflow Part 1 – Tags

There are 3 main stages in the workflow of producing data-driven documents using Darty-Ai. Preparing a tagged template document, using AdobeĀ® IllustratorĀ® and the Darty-Ai UI. Preparing a data source, using the Darty-Ai UI and / or your favored spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. Previewing and exporting the documents using the Darty-Ai

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