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Table 5.57 IllustratorSaveOptions — Properties
Property
EmbedLinkedFiles
FlattenOutput
FontSubsetThreshold
Overprint
PDFCompatible
Notes
IllustratorSaveOptions can only be supplied in conjunction with the SaveAs
method.
It is not necessary to specify values for all properties. Default values will be provided for any
properties not specified.
PDFCompatible is only a property of Illustrator 10 or greater.
Example 30.1
This example illustrates how to save the frontmost document as Illustrator 8 format. Because
the document is saved as a version earlier than 9, the example specifies to convert opacity by
breaking paths up in to sub-path to preserve the appearance of the illustration. After the
Dim appRef As New Illustrator.Application
Dim saveOptions As New Illustrator.IllustratorSaveOptions
saveOptions.Compatibility = aiIllustrator8
saveOptions.FlattenOutput = aiPreserveAppearance
appRef.Documents(1).SaveAs "C:\temp\Ai8SaveAs.ai", saveOptions
R/O
Value type
Boolean
AiOutputFlattening
enumeration
Double
AiPDFOverprint
Boolean
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What it is
If true, linked image files should be
included in the saved document (only
valid for SaveOptions that specify an
Illustrator compatibility of version 7 or
later)
Specifies how transparency should be
flattened for file formats older than
Illustrator 9
Include a subset of fonts when less than
this percentage of characters is used in
the document (valid for Illustrator 9 or
newer file format)
Default: PreservePDFOverprint
If true, save as a PDF compatible file
(version 10 or later) ( default: true )
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