Operation Manual

Importing and exporting text
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Importing text
Exporting text
Importing text
You can import text into your artwork from a file that was created in another application. Illustrator supports the following formats for importing text:
Microsoft® Word for Windows 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007
Microsoft Word for Mac OS X, 2004, and 2008
RTF (Rich Text Format)
Plain text (ASCII) with ANSI, Unicode, Shift JIS, GB2312, Chinese Big 5, Cyrillic, GB18030, Greek, Turkish, Baltic, and Central European
encoding
One advantage of importing text from a file, rather than copying and pasting it, is that imported text retains its character and paragraph
formatting. For example, text from an RTF file retains its font and style specifications in Illustrator. You can also set encoding and formatting
options when importing text from a plain text file.
Important: When importing text from Microsoft Word and RTF files, make sure that the fonts used in the file are available on your system.
Missing fonts and font styles—including fonts that have the same name but different formats (Type 1, TrueType, or CID)—may cause
unexpected results. On Japanese systems, differences in character sets may prevent text that was entered in Windows from appearing on-
screen in Mac OS.
Import text into a new file
1. Choose File > Open.
2. Select the text file you want to open, and click Open.
Import text into an existing file
1. Choose File > Place. Select the text file you want to import, and click Place.
2. If you are placing a plain text (.txt) file, do the following, and then click OK:
Specify the character set and platform that were used to create the file.
Select an Extra Carriage Returns option to determine how Illustrator processes extra carriage returns in the file.
Select the Extra Spaces option if you want Illustrator to replace strings of spaces in the file with tabs. Enter the number of spaces to be
replaced by a tab.
Exporting text
Export text to a text file
1. Using a type tool, select the text you want to export.
2. Choose File > Export.
3. In the Export dialog box, select a location for the file and enter a filename.
4. Choose Text Format (TXT) as the file format.
5. Enter the name of the new text file in the name box, and click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS).
6. Choose a platform and encoding method, and click Export.
Tag text for export to Flash
You can export text from Illustrator to Adobe Flash in a variety of ways. You can export text as a static, dynamic, or input text. Dynamic text also
allows you to specify a URL for the site that will open when a user clicks the text. For more information about dynamic and input text, see Flash
Help.
Flash text can contain point text, area text, or text on a path; all text is converted to area text in SWF format. Bounding boxes remain the same
and any transformations applied to them are preserved in SWF format. Threaded text objects are exported individually —if you want to tag and
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