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David Shantz
David Shantz
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Export PDFs NOT Save As

Aug 10, 2012 11:00 PM

Tags: #save #pdf #export

Illustrator should be able to export a .pdf NOT save as - I've lost so much work this way - proofing a file with a client as a .pdf should not risk overwriting the original. InDesign and other CSS apps work this way, Exporting rather than Saving As...

 

There is a very ral risk of overwritng the original file and this is very destructive.

The option to save an illustrator file as a pdf could still be there if people really use that - but ADD the Export as .pdf function.

 

Thank you.

772 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: ghostanime2001, Aug 31, 2012 11:39 PM
 
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  • John Stanowski
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    1. John Stanowski,
    Aug 10, 2012 11:03 PM   in reply to David Shantz
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    I second that. I HATE the pdf option not being under export. I too have mistakenly "saved" my work as a pdf thinking I was really saving it as an .ai.

    And everytime I go to make a pdf I always look for Export first.

    I just don't get. Illustrator is Illustrator, it's not Acrobat.

     
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  • Imworkinghere
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    2. Imworkinghere,
    Aug 13, 2012 5:19 AM   in reply to David Shantz
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    Second.

     
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  • ghostanime2001
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    3. ghostanime2001,
    Aug 31, 2012 11:39 PM   in reply to Imworkinghere
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    too true ... I've lost tons of my work in school thinking that it's saving both pdf and .ai.... it's not good business adobe so much for the wait for improvements in CS6

     
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