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11. Choose File>Save As and navigate to your WIP>Symbols folder.
If you assign a name in the New Document dialog box (as you did in Step 4), that name Note:
becomes the default file name in the Save As dialog box.
Press Command/
Control-S to save a
document, or press
The file name defaults to the Command/Control-
name you defined when you
created the file, including Shift-S to open the Save
the “.ai” extension. As dialog box.

12. Click Save in the Save As dialog box. Review the options in the resulting
Illustrator Options dialog box.
This dialog box determines what is stored in the resulting file. The default
options are adequate for most files.
• Use the Version menu to save files to be compatible with earlier
versions of the software. (Keep in mind that many features are not
supported by earlier versions; if you save a file for an earlier version,
some file information will probably be lost.)
• Subset Fonts when Percent of Characters Used Is Less Than
determines when to embed an entire font instead of just the characters
that are used in the file. Embedding the entire font can significantly
increase file size.
• Make sure Create PDF Compatible File is checked if you want to
use the file with other Adobe applications (such as placing it into an
InDesign layout). This does not create a separate PDF file; it simply
includes PDF preview data in the file.
• Include Linked Files embeds files that are linked to the artwork.
• Embed ICC Profiles stores color information inside the file for use in a color-
managed workflow.
• Use Compression compresses PDF data in the Illustrator file.
• Save Each Artboard to a Separate File saves each artboard as a separate file;
a separate master file with all artboards is also created.
• Transparency options determine what happens to transparent objects when you
save a file for Illustrator 9.0 or earlier. Preserve Paths discards transparency effects
and resets transparent artwork to 100% opacity and Normal blending mode.
Preserve Appearance and Overprints preserves overprints that don’t interact with
transparent objects; overprints that interact with transparent objects are flattened.

13. Click OK to save the file, and then continue to the next exercise.

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