2 Replies Latest reply: Mar 17, 2014 5:46 PM by shawninvancouver RSS

    Exporting an .ai [document] to another document format?

    shawninvancouver Community Member
    shawninvancouver Mar 17, 2014 4:47 PM

      Hello all,

       

      I inherited a document (yes, you heard correctly) that was designed in Adobe Illustrator (I have the CC version). This is a 10 page document with a lot of text and fake tables. I have no idea why the original author used AI for this document but now, I wish to convert this document into a more appropriate tool.

       

      I don't know, perhaps I shouldn't be surprized that AI doesn't have much in the way of text based exports (except PDF and pure text)... but I am just wondering if I am missing something? PDF isn't ideal because it outputs blocks that are out of order, making it difficult to copy and paste into another editor.

       

      Ideally, my preference is either HTML, MS Word, FrameMaker, Robohelp, CHM, or Dita. Is there a super-secret method to export an AI document into one of those formats?

       

      Thank you