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You can also 
Generate a preview of the document in the Adobe Illustrator File
open dialog box
In the Options area, enable the Include preview images check
box.
If you enable the Simulate complex filled curves check box, an object that is composed of complex curves, such as a text object that
was converted to curves, may be broken into several objects on export to help minimize the complexity of the object.
If you disable the Include placed images check box and export the file, the exporting process generates one Adobe Illustrator file and
a series of EPS files. The EPS files contain individual objects and images which are linked to the AI file. Always store the EPS files with
the AI file to preserve the link to the AI file.
To view the preflight summary for an AI file
1
Click File Export.
2 Locate the folder in which you want to save the file.
3 Choose AI - Adobe Illustrator from the Save as type list box.
4 Type a filename in the File name list box.
5 Click Export.
6 In the Adobe Illustrator Export dialog box, click the second tab.
You can limit the issues to check during the preflight by clicking the Settings button, double-clicking AI Export, and disabling the check
boxes next to the items that you want the preflight to overlook.
You can save settings by clicking the Add preflight settings button and typing a name in the Save preflight style as box.
Adobe Illustrator (AI) technical notes
Importing an AI file
• You can import AI file formats up to and including Adobe Illustrator CS6.
• For files saved in Adobe Illustrator CS or higher with PDF-compatibility, text can be imported as text or curves.
• Objects with gradient fills that were created in CS5 may not appear correctly when imported.
• Corel programs cannot import AI files containing bitmaps linked as EPS files.
•
Adobe Illustrator graphics are imported into the program as a group of objects. Click Object Ungroup to manipulate objects in the
imported graphic. If you open an AI file instead of importing it, you do not need to ungroup objects.
• For AI CS4, CS5, and CS6 files, each Artboard is imported as an individual Corel DESIGNER page. In multi-page documents, objects that
are placed off a page are placed on the first page of the Corel DESIGNER document.
• Objects filled by using Global Colors (color schemes) appear correctly in Corel DESIGNER, but the Global Colors are not maintained as
color styles.
• Symbols, objects with patterns, and objects that have 3d extrude or bevel applied are converted as curves.
• Objects that have the Feather or Transparency effect applied are converted using the applicable lens effect in Corel DESIGNER.
• Objects that have the texture, drop shadow, blur, or brushstroke effect applied are converted as bitmap objects in Corel DESIGNER.
Exporting an AI file
• During export conversion, objects can become complex, making it difficult to edit them in other drawing programs, or in Corel DESIGNER
if you reimport them. To avoid this problem, keep a copy of the image in Corel DESIGNER (DES) format, and use Corel DESIGNER for all
editing.
• If you create a file that will be printed in other programs, such as Adobe® PageMaker®, export it using the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
filter, not the Adobe Illustrator (AI) filter. The Encapsulated PostScript filter supports more drawing effects than the Adobe Illustrator filter
does and yields better results overall.