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1. Larry G. Schneider,

Jul 16, 2012 10:02 AM in reply to niblettes

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Something like this?

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/837709

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2. mjarrott,

Jul 16, 2012 10:09 AM in reply to niblettes

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Hi Niblettes,

Are your symbols already placed inside of a document, or do you just have them in a Symbol Library?

One easy way to save them individually is by using the Slice tool. Place all of your icons in a document set for Web and then, using the slice tool, you can create boxes around each individual icon.

You can export each one by choosing File > Save Selected Slices or you can export them all in one by choosing File > Save for Web and then selecting all of the slices in the dialog box.

Does this help you?

Michael

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3. niblettes,

Jul 16, 2012 10:24 AM in reply to Larry G. Schneider

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That's weird -- I search Google, Bing and Adobe's Forums for "Illustrator CS6 export symbols" -- and that post didn't come up even though most of the search terms I used are right in the post title. The script looks promising -- I'll try it out. Thanks!

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4. niblettes,

Jul 16, 2012 10:27 AM in reply to mjarrott

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That is helpful to export the symbols individually -- but it still required manually creating a contact sheet of symbols. I was hoping there would be an easy way for Illustrator to do that work for me. I mean if I add or remoe symbols then I have to go and update the contact sheet. I thought computers were supposed to do the drudgery for us?

Still I might have to use your solution for the moment. Thanks!

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5. Monika Gause,

Jul 16, 2012 11:01 AM in reply to niblettes

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contact sheet for symbols. Works great BTW: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/837709

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6. CarlosCanto,

Jul 16, 2012 7:09 PM in reply to Monika Gause

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thanks Monika!! it's been so long, I kind of forgot I had to do version 2

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7. CarlosCanto,

Jul 16, 2012 7:11 PM in reply to niblettes

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niblettes, did you try the script?

can you describe exactly what you need?

what's a "sprite sheet"?

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