Can you save an Illustrator file to an Editable PDF format

No. You cannot create Enabled PDF Forms (that's what you're talking about) from Illustrator. Illustrator can export a PDF, but it is not Enabled For Reader Extensions. It contains no editable fields.

1. Do your artwork in Illustrator. Leave out the fields that you want the end user to be able to edit.

2. Save as PDF (without Illustrator editability).

3. Open in Acrobat Professional.

4. Create the desired fields and set their properties. Save the file.

5. Enable the file for Reader Extensions (it's a command in Acrobat Professional.) Save the file again under a different name. That's the file you distribute to your end users. Your end users can then open it in Adobe Reader, edit the fields and save their edits.

JET

Generally yes, but be aware that this will also depend on the structure of how you lay out your artwork, font embedding issues, printing issues and a few other things. As an alternate route, consider working in Acrobat and using proper form fields for any text that needs to be changed from time to time. While there are also some limitations, it is at least fully controllable.

Mylenium

sellador,

You can, and depending on the version it is possible for them to do it in Reader.