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    47 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » File Save, Import and Export  ·  Admin →
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    Under Review  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    There is no true PDF Export in Illustrator, because Illustrator allows to have editable PDFs with .ai-content stored within. Other apps does not allow that, and some users heavily rely on editable PDFs.

    Attemps to solve this were made, but there is no clear solution so far. Still we hope to find one.

    The intended way to get a PDF (without loosing your data) at the moment would be to use Save a Copy command that saves a separate copy of your file to PDF instead of Save As which keeps a saved file open.

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    Anonymous commented  · 

    I always save my Illustrator Artwork to PDF for final output,
    1) if I save ALL artboards – my newly saved PDF will stay open in Illustrator,
    2)if I select at the bottom of the window only certain artboards, saving will create a PDF that I then have to open in Illustrator or Acrobat
    With option 1) in Illustrator I then have to select all hidden layers and delete them,
    yes it's bothersome and could be improved.
    It's very tricky as you always have to check at the top of your working window, what file format you are in and not delete layers in a master Illustrator file as opposed to a final artwork output for print...
    An export option for PDF would make sense rather than a save as option, this would be my preferred solution.
    thanks in advance!!

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