Adobe 65010248 Migration Guide - Page 34

SAVING AND EXPORTING FILES Saving and Exporting Files The Save Adobe PDF dialog box allows you to save your artwork for distribution, review cycles, and high-quality printing. 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. 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. 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