Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
15. Exporting a Document
What You'll Do
Export a Document
Understand Export File Formats
Export as a Bitmap
Export as a TIFF
Export as a PNG or JPEG
Export to Photoshop
Export with Presets
Export as a Flash Movie
Save as Adobe PDF
Save as an EPS
Save as SVG
Save for HTML5 and CSS
Save as Adobe FXG
Save for Microsoft Office
Save as a Template
Introduction
After you finish creating your document in Illustrator, you can save or export your artwork
in another file format for use in other programs. There are five file formats to which you
can save your artwork, which include AI (Adobe Illustrator), Adobe PDF (Portable Docu-
ment Format), EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), FXG (Adobe Flex/Flash Builder), and SVG
(Scalable Vector Graphics). These file formats are native to Illustrator, which means they
preserve Illustrator content, including multiple artboards, when you re-open them.
If you want to save your artwork in another file format, you need to export it. Illustrator
allows you to export your artwork in 13 different file formats, including Flash, Photoshop,
Bitmap, JPEG, and PNG. When you export from Illustrator, your content is altered using
the Options dialog box for the specific file format. If you want to use an Illustrator docu-
ment in a Microsoft Office program, you need to save the document as a PNG (Portable
Network Graphics) image with the Save for Microsoft Office command.
