Print Layouts are used to arrange jobs for printing. They may also be exported to file formats. To save the layout to a file, we choose File - Export - Image. The File - Export - Image menu pathway is used for all formats, including those, such as .pdf, which are quasi-vector in nature.
To export a layout to a file:
1. Create the layout and open it.
2. Choose File - Export - Image.
3. In the Export dialog, browse to the folder in which the file is to be saved, choose a filename and in the Save as type box choose the file format to be used. Press Save.
4. Formats such as .emf, .pdf, and .ps will raise another Export … File dialog. Choose options desired and press OK.
File Types
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A graphics arts format read by Adobe Illustrator and other applications. |
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Enhanced Meta File format, the 32 bit version of WMF (Windows Meta File) format. This option writes EMF using classic Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface). Use the GDI version as a possible workaround only if the GDI+ version does not provide satisfactory results. |
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EMF written using GDI+. Microsoft's GDI+ was developed for Windows XP and is installed by Manifold on all Windows systems if not already installed. The GDI+ version should be used by default, as GDI+ includes numerous improvements over GDI. |
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Portable Document Format, read by Adobe Acrobat Reader and other applications. |
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Export to PostScript compatible files |
Compatibility
Although the .ai, .emf, .pdf and .ps formats are often thought to be "universal," device independent formats the usage of these formats is no guarantee that the visual appearance of what one program writes will be recovered when the file is read by a different program. For example, .emf exports using ordinary GDI support opacity for images and surfaces but not for drawings.
The .ai, .emf, .pdf and .ps formats in this topic may be thought of as programming languages as much as they are formats. They operate not only by providing data but also by providing instructions on how a document is to be dynamically constructed based upon that data. Whenever a program reads one of these programs it must synthesize the desired document using the data and instructions contained in the file. The program must do its best to synthesize the desired document even if its capabilities or the facilities of its host system (such as fonts that might be available) may be less able than those in the system that wrote the file.
The full range of possibilities for describing a document within these formats can be very complex and extensive and few programs (if any) that read or write these formats have implemented all of the capabilities that are theoretically possible. As a result, there can be considerable variation in how different programs interpret the instructions for synthesizing a document contained in these formats. Small differences in capability or interpretation can result in documents that are visibly different.
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