About Sharon Pettis Expertise I can answer questions ranging from basic to advanced functionality of the program and some plug-ins (how to) for both the PC and Mac. Also able to answer questions regarding setting up publications for commercial printing and the commercial printing process in general. Not as strong on electronic publication questions, but still have general knowledge.
Experience Worked with Pagemaker since it belonged to Aldus back in the late nineties. Over 5 years experience in publishing, including troubleshooting Pagemaker files for a large commercial printing company and customer training.
Expert: Sharon Pettis Date: 9/9/2004 Subject: illustrator into pagemaker
Question when i am importing an illustrator 8.0 graphic (.ai) into pagemaker6.5, using the file-place drop down, what appears is gray block with a text description of the graphic as opposed to the actual graphic. inserting it as an ole object avoids the problem, but seems more cumbersome. i know it is a simple default or preference issue, but i can't seem to find it.
thanks-a LOT!
Answer I would recommend saving as an eps before placing in Pagemaker. However, it sounds like your ai has no preview. Go into Illustrator, do a Save As, and make sure there is some kind of option selected in the preview drop box (I think that it works that way in AI 8).
