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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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    Ran Jakubowicz commented  · 

    When saving a PDF file for preview after working on an Ai. file,
    the software automatically saves it as PDF afterward, causing us to lose accessibility in a convenient way.
    I suggest having an option of exporting PDF without afterward automatically saving it as PDF.
    And when after saving the PDF the software will continue saving it as ai. file automatially instead

    Ran Jakubowicz supported this idea  · 

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