I am converting an ai file into pdf

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I keep getting this message in the pdf file - how do I fix this, I can't find the bit I have put in bold, and this ahs never been an issue before

This is an Adobe® Illustrator® File that was

saved without PDF Content.

To Place or open this le in other

applications, it should be re-saved from

Adobe Illustrator with the "Create PDF

Compatible File" option turned on. This

option is in the Illustrator Native Format

Options dialog box, which appears when

saving an Adobe Illustrator le using the

Save As command.

[Dov Isaacs · Accepted solution]

Acrobat has absolutely no way of converting a pure Adobe Illustrator .ai file into a PDF file regardless of urban legends to the contrary.

Illustrator does have the capability of saving its own .ai files with PDF content as well as the private Illustrator objects. If you have such a .ai file, then what Acrobat does is to use that PDF content as the PDF file and then save it as a .pdf file. If you have a .ai file that was saved without the PDF option, then Acrobat has no way of opening and displaying the content.

Best workflow practice is to treat Illustrator and PDF content as totally separate entities. When you are done editing an Illustrator file, save it as a .ai file and then, use the save as copy option to resave the file as PDF using appropriate options for your particular needs. (For example, going to print, the PDF/X-4 settings are most strongly recommended assuming you have a CMYK-based Illustrator file.)