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Saving artwork in Adobe PDF format
Many page layout, word-processing, and graphic applications accept imported or placed
PDF files. You can use the Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option to preserve all
Illustrator data, which means that PDF files can be reopened and edited as Illustrator files.
To save artwork in Adobe PDF format:
1 Save the artwork as described in
Choose Adobe PDF (PDF) as the file format.
2 In the Adobe PDF Format Options dialog box, choose an Options Set:
Default for artwork that will be printed.
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Screen Optimized for artwork that will be displayed on the Web. This option produces a
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smaller file and automatically converts the artwork to RGB color mode.
3 If you're satisfied with the default settings, click OK to save the artwork. Otherwise, set
additional options, and then click OK.
The options for saving PDF files are divided into two categories: General and Compression.
Selecting different options causes the name of the Options Set to change to Custom.
To set General options:
Choose General from the pop-up menu below the Options Set box pop-up menu, and set
the desired options:
File Compatibility Determines which version of Adobe Acrobat the resulting file is
compatible with. Acrobat 5.0 format preserves transparency, text, and spot colors in the
artwork; however, not all applications support this data. Select Preserve Illustrator Editing
Capabilities if you want to reopen and edit the PDF file in Adobe Illustrator.
Embed All Fonts Includes all fonts that are used in the artwork. This ensures that the
original font is used for display and printing on computers that do not have the font
installed. Selecting the Embed All Fonts option increases the size of the saved file.
Note: You cannot embed protected Japanese fonts.
Subset Fonts Specifies when to embed fonts based on how many of the font's characters
are used in the document. For instance, if a font contains a thousand characters but the
document only uses 10 of those characters, you may decide that embedding the font is
not worth the extra file size.
Embed ICC Profile Creates a color-managed document. (See
saved documents" on page
Generate Thumbnails Creates a thumbnail image of artwork that is displayed in the
Illustrator Open or Place dialog boxes.
To set Compression options:
1 Choose Compression from the pop-up menu below the Options Set pop-up menu.
The dialog box is divided into three panels, each of which provides options for
compressing and resampling bitmap images in your artwork.
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