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Note: The SVG plug-in for your web browser is normally installed with Illustrator. If you need to find the plug-in
separately, go to www.adobe.com/svg
When you export artwork in an SVG format, mesh objects are rasterized. In addition, images that have no alpha
channel are converted to the JPEG format. Images with an alpha channel are converted to the PNG format.
If the artwork contains any SVG effects, select each item to which an SVG effect has been applied, and move the
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effect to the bottom of the Appearance palette (just above the Opacity entry). If other effects follow an SVG effect,
the SVG output will consist of a raster object.
2 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.
Choose SVG (*.SVG) or SVG Compressed (*.SVGZ) as the file format, and click Save.
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5 In the SVG Options dialog box, set the desired options and click OK. (See "SVG format options" on page 338.)
See also
"About SVG" on page 447
"To optimize and save web graphics" on page 452
SVG format options
When you save artwork to SVG format, you can set the following options. Click More Options to view all the options:
Specifies the DTD (Document Type Definition) for the exported file:
DTD
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Suitable for SVG files that will be viewed on a desktop computer. SVG 1.1 is the full version
SVG 1.0 and SVG 1.1
of the SVG specification, of which SVG Tiny 1.1, SVG Tiny 1.1 Plus, and SVG Basic 1.1 are a subset.
For additional information on SVG profiles, see the SVG specification on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
web site (www.w3.org).
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SVG Tiny 1.1 and SVG Tiny 1.1 Plus
phones. Keep in mind that not all mobile phones support the SVG Tiny and SVG Tiny Plus profiles. As a result,
selecting either of these options does not guarantee that the SVG file will be viewable on all small devices.
SVG Tiny does not support gradients, transparency, clipping, masks, symbols, or SVG filter effects. SVG Tiny Plus
includes the ability to display gradients and transparency, but does not support clipping, masks, symbols, or SVG
filter effects.
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Suitable for SVG files that will be viewed on medium powered devices, such as handhelds. Keep in
SVG Basic 1.1
mind that not all handhelds support the SVG Basic profile. As a result, selecting this option does not guarantee that
the SVG file will be viewable on all handhelds. SVG Basic does not support nonrectangular clipping and some SVG
filter effects.
Specifies how fonts are exported:
Font Type
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Uses font hinting for better rendering of small fonts. This font type is supported by the Adobe SVG
Adobe CEF
Viewer but may not be supported by other SVG viewers.
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Does not use font hinting. This font type is supported by all SVG viewers.
SVG
to download it.
Suitable for SVG files that will be viewed on small devices, such as mobile
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