Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual page 342

There are four basic file formats—AI, PDF, EPS, and SVG—to which you can save artwork. These formats are called
native formats because they can preserve all Illustrator data. (For PDF and SVG formats, you must select the Preserve
Illustrator Editing Capabilities options to preserve all Illustrator data.)
You can also export artwork in a variety of file formats for use outside of Illustrator. These formats are called non­
native formats because Illustrator will not be able to retrieve all of the data if you reopen the file in Illustrator. For
this reason, it is recommended that you save artwork in AI format until you are finished creating it, and then export
the artwork to the desired format.
Note: You may receive an error message when saving artwork that includes linked EPS files, if those files were saved in
binary format (for example, in Photoshop's default EPS format). In this case, resave the EPS files in ASCII format, embed
the linked files into the Illustrator artwork, or save the artwork in AI or PDF format instead of EPS format.
See also
"About Adobe PDF" on page 346
To save in Illustrator format
1 Choose File > Save As or File > Save A Copy.
Type a file name, and choose a location for the file.
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Note: To display Version Cue options in the Save As and Save A Copy dialog boxes, click the Version Cue button. For
more information on managing files with Version Cue, see "Getting the most out of Version Cue" on page 82.
3 Choose Illustrator (*.AI) as the file format, and click Save.
In the Illustrator Options dialog box, set the desired options and click OK. (See "Illustrator format options" on
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page 335.)
To create a file that is compatible with a previous version of Illustrator, set the Version option at the top of the
Illustrator Options dialog box.
See also
"Saving and exporting artwork" on page 334
Illustrator format options
When you save artwork to Illustrator format, you can set the following options:
Specifies the version of Illustrator with which you want your file to be compatible. Legacy formats don't
Version
support all the features in the current version of Illustrator. Therefore, when you select a version other than the
current version, some options for saving aren't available, and certain kinds of data will be changed. Be sure to read
the warnings at the bottom of the dialog box so that you are aware of how the data will be changed.
Subset Embedded Fonts When Percent Of Characters Used Is Less Than
opposed to just the characters used in the document) based on how many of the font's characters are used in the
document. For instance, if a font contains 1,000 characters but the document only uses 10 of those characters, you
may decide that embedding the font is not worth the extra file size.
Saves a PDF representation of the document in the Illustrator file. Select this option if
Create PDF Compatible File
you want the Illustrator file to be compatible with other Adobe applications.
Embeds files that are linked to the artwork.
Include Linked Files
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Specifies when to embed the entire font (as
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