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    Convert PDF to Illustrator?

    I use PDFx for almost everything...even PDF's for client review that are lower res. 90% of my illustrator files are imported into Indesign files, so it's only an occasional issue. When you work exclusively in PDF does that include initial PDF file creation as well [you create new files in PDF...
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    Convert PDF to Illustrator?

    When I open PDF files within Illustrator it treats them like an illustrator file When I open PDF files within Illustrator it treats them like an illustrator file Nagging question: I'm a designer that prepares print files in Creative Suite 5.5, often creating stand-alone Illustrator files that...
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    PDF for Printer

    I've been using PDFx 2001 for years and it's worked fine. What does the PDFx 4 offer that improves on the 2001 driver?
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    Introduce yourself!

    Steve Hall Steve Hall I'm an aging marketing designer. Every time I hear "pre-press", I think that it's before presses (I'm hoping that's printer humor). I do marketing design work for professional firms and corporations. You can see my sites at efsmart.com and efsmartlaw.com. In addition to...
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    Indesign packaged files with file(s) updated outside of the packaged file

    Happens frequently: I package an ID5 file, then three months later need to reopen the package and work with the files; however, there may have been a file [logo? image?] that has been updated after I packaged the files. Since my mind is aging and my memory is terrible, I don't recall changed...
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