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About Kevin Stohlmeyer
Expertise
I am an Adobe Certified Expert. I can answer all your questions about Adobe Illustrator version 7 through the new Adobe CS3 version.

Experience
I am an Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Illustrator and have been teaching this application to college students for the past 6 years. I now teach this as a corporate instructor.

Organizations
Milwaukee Adobe Users Group National Association of Photoshop Professionals C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions

Education/Credentials
BA - Graphic Design Adobe Certified Instructor - Illustrator

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Topic: Adobe Illustrator

Expert: Kevin Stohlmeyer
Date: 4/29/2008
Subject: PDF in Illustrator

Question
I created a pdf from autocad dwg of downtown streets/buildings & "colored" it in for a marketing tool. The pdf causes all sorts of problems - mainly using up all of the RAM & necessitating a reboot. Any way to fix pdf? It embeds instead of links even when link is checked..grrr

Answer
Hi Celia,

When you create a pdf, it has to embed everything instead of linking due to the inherit nature of a pdf. This way you can share with everyone and not rely on larger files.

If you are running out of RAM and locking up, you may need to 1. reduce your file size, 2. make sure nothing else is running, or 3. buy more RAM.

I would also try running this with the pdf set to smallest file size and see if you still need to reboot. If you do, your file must be very very large.

Thanks

Kevin

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