Saving And Exporting Files - Adobe 65010248 - Illustrator CS4 - PC Manual

Saving and Exporting Files

the save Adobe PdF dialog box allows you to save your artwork
for distribution, review cycles, and high-quality printing.
About PDF/X
PDF/X (Portable Document Format
Exchange) is an ISO standard used
for graphic content exchange and
professional workflows.
The benefit of using PDF/X is that
the produced PDF will not contain
unnecessary information and will not
include elements that may cause problems during output (such as RGB images).
Choose an Adobe PDF standard from the Standard menu at the top of the
Save Adobe PDF dialog box. For more information on PDF/X, visit
www.adobe.com/designcenter/acrobat/articles/acr8ap_pdfx.html.
S A V I N G A N D E X P O R T I N G F I L E S
Saving
In FreeHand, you can save your pages as a FreeHand document, template,
or editable EPS. In Illustrator, you can save your work as an Illustrator file
or template, Illustrator EPS, Adobe PDF, and SVG (all are native formats
easily reused or imported because they preserve all Illustrator data).
If you need to use the Illustrator file in an Adobe workflow, you can leave
it in the Illustrator file format (select the Create PDF Compatible File
option in the Save As dialog box). You will then be able to place the file
into InDesign layouts or further edit the file in Photoshop.
If you need to use your Illustrator artwork in applications outside of
Creative Suite you can save it as EPS, which is accepted by virtually all
page layout, word-processing, and graphic applications. Note that EPS
files can contain both vector and bitmap graphics.
Adobe PDF is the standard for the secure, reliable distribution and
exchange of electronic documents around the world. PDF is highly
effective in print publishing workflows and you can also choose to create
a PDF/X-compliant file to eliminate many of the color, font, and trapping
variables that can lead to printing problems.
Saving multiple artboards
Multiple artboards can be saved as multiple pages in a single PDF
document, or can be saved as individual files that are automatically
numbered sequentially in, for example, EPS format.
When saving Illustrator files as PdF,
you can also choose from several
PdF/X standards.
Freehand to Illustrator Migration guide — saving and exporting Files 34