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Importing, exporting, and saving

Last updated 6/5/2015

Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities Preserves Illustrator-specific data by embedding an AI file in the SVG file

(resulting in a larger file size). Select this option if you plan to reopen and edit the SVG file in Illustrator. Note that

if you make manual changes to the SVG data, the changes are not reflected when you reopen the file. This is because

Illustrator reads the AI portion of the file, not the SVG portion.

CSS Properties Determines how style attributes are saved in the SVG code. The default method, Presentation

Attributes, applies properties at the highest point in the hierarchy, which allows the most flexibility for specific edits

and transformations. The Style Attributes method creates the most readable files but may increase the file size.

Choose this method if the SVG code will be used in transformations, for example, transformations using Extensible

Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT). The Style Attributes <Entity References> method results in faster

rendering times and reduced SVG file size. The Style Elements method is used when sharing files with HTML

documents. By selecting Style Elements, you can then modify the SVG file to move a style element into an external

style sheet file that is also referenced by the HTML file; however, the Style Elements option also results in slower

rendering speeds.

Decimal Places Specifies the precision of vector data in the SVG file. You can set a value of 1–7 decimal places. A

higher value results in a larger file size and increased image quality.

Encoding Determines how characters are encoded in the SVG file. UTF (UnicodeTransformation Format)

encoding is supported by all XML processors. (UTF-8 is an 8-bit format; UTF-16 is a 16-bit format.) ISO 8859-1 and

UTF-16 encoding do not preserve file metadata.

Optimize For Adobe SVG Viewer Maintains the highest level of Illustrator data while still allowing the SVG file to be

manually edited. Select this option to take advantage of faster rendering for features such as SVG filter effects.

Include Adobe Graphics Server Data Includes all information needed for variable substitution in the SVG file.

Include Slicing Data Includes slice locations and optimization settings.

Include XMP Includes XMP metadata in the SVG file. Choose File > Info or use the Bridge Browser to enter

metadata.

Output Fewer <tspan> Elements Allows Illustrator to ignore auto-kerning settings during export, which results in

a file with fewer <tspan> elements. Select this option to create an SVG file that is more editable and compact.

Deselect this option if maintaining the appearance of auto-kerned text is critical.

Use <textPath> Element For Text On Path Exports text on a path as a <textPath> element. However, note that the

text may appear differently in the SVG Viewer than it does in Illustrator since this export mode will not always be

able to maintain visual parity. In particular, overflow text will be visible in the SVG Viewer.

Show SVG Code Displays the code for the SVG file in a browser window.

Web Preview Displays the SVG file in a browser window.

Device Central Opens the file in Device Central for previewing on a particular mobile phone or device.

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Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual Page 333