If I chose this option at least I can check the Use Artboard box.Īnyone with good experience or best practices with this sort of thing? Thanks again. I think a better solution would be to create an artboard to the exact size of my export, but in order to respect the artbord I have to chose File > Export > PNG. Problem is, any masked off objects also get included in the image. I thought it crops to any visible paths with a stroke colour. Does anyone use this option? I've tried it and works okay, but I'm not sure what the image gets cropped to. Illustrator CC has an option called 'Save for Microsoft Office'. Here is my question: What is the best way of setting up art-board and what is the best method for exporting to suitable file format? I'm working on some manuals with a lot of line-art in the procedures.Īnd since what I am doing is likely not to get commercially printed, CMYK support and image resolution is not a huge deal. It's a good option for collaborative writing, editing, feedback, outlining, etc. In the technical writing world a lot is still done in Word - for better or worse.

Illustrator is often the program that I use to create graphics, and then insert those files directly into the other programs listed. I know the subject line alone should get me banned, but I don't think I'm alone. Adobe Illustrator CC has so much more options and tools to create the perfect vector graphics when compared to other programs.

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