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- [Instructor] In this
movie, I'll show you

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how to save any and all changes

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that you've made to your document.

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Notice up here in the Title
tab at the top of the screen,

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we're seeing that this document

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is called 8-page newsletter.ai

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and that it has an asterisk
at the end of its file name.

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That asterisk tells us that
we have unsaved changes

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associated with this document

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and so, there's two
ways to update the file.

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One is to go up to the File menu

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and choose the standard Save command,

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or you have that standard
keyboard shortcut

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of Ctrl+S here on the PC
or Command+S on a Mac,

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in which case you're going
to get this alert message

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that is telling you that you're about

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to save to a so-called legacy format,

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which means you could possibly
lose some of your data.

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In our case, this actually isn't true.

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What I've done is I've gone ahead

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and saved nearly all of the
documents I'll be giving you

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to the CS6 format and the reason is,

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that keeps those files backward-compatible

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without losing anything important.

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So, if you're working along with me

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and you trust my judgment,

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then what you should do is just go ahead

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and turn on the Don't Show
Again check box and click OK.

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But what I'm going to do
is save a separate version

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of this document, so I'm going to go ahead

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and cancel out of that alert message,

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and now I'll return to the File menu

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and choose the Save As command,

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or you've got a slightly
different keyboard shortcut

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of Ctrl+Shift+S here on the PC

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or Command+Shift+S on the Mac

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and that's going to bring
up the Save As dialogue box

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which allows you to change the name

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and location of your file.

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I'm just going to go ahead and
call this file My new document.

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I'm not including it along
with this folder or anything,

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I'm just creating it on the fly,

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and then I'll go ahead
and click the Save button

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in order to bring up the big

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Illustrator Options dialogue box.

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Now, it's pretty confusing,

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there's a lot of stuff going on here,

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so if you like, you can just go ahead

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and click the OK button

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because the default settings

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that we're seeing right
here are the safest settings

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of them all.

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However, I want you to know
everything that's going on

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and we're going to start with
these check boxes right here.

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Notice this first guy,
Create PDF Compatible File.

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What that does is it embeds
all the PDF information

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that's necessary to view the file

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either in the free Adobe Reader,

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which anyone can download from Adobe.com,

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or inside the professional
version of Adobe Acrobat.

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You also need this check
box to be turned on

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if you want to import
the file into InDesign,

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which is my way of
saying you almost always

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want to leave this check box turned on.

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The only reason you
would ever turn it off,

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and it's a little bit dangerous,

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is to save on the file size.

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If you need the smallest file possible,

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whether because you're
emailing it to another person

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or what have you, then you
might turn this check box off.

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The good news is you could
always go back to this file

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and turn it on again when
you save it in the future.

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Embed ICC Profiles goes ahead

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and tells another application

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what color space you're working in.

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For now, just make sure you leave

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that check box turned on

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because turning it off doesn't
really do you any good.

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It just save a few K in
terms of the file size.

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Next we have this Use
Compression check box.

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That's going to apply lossless
compression to the file.

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So, it's not going to hurt the file at all

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and it is going to give
you a smaller illustration,

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so you want to leave this
check box turned on as well.

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And then this final check box allows you

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to save each artboard to a separate file

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if you're so inclined.

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And you rarely do that
unless you're saving

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to an archival file format,

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which takes us to this Version option

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way up here at the top
of the dialogue box.

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So, notice, in addition to
the Illustrator CC format,

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we've got just about everything
before Illustrator CC,

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starting with CS6 and
going all the way back

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to Illustrator 3, which is a product

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that was introduced in the early 90s.

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Now, the only reason to choose one

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of these legacy formats is
if you're sharing a file

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with somebody who doesn't
have Illustrator CC,

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they have an older
version of the software,

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and there's only really two

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of these options I would
generally recommend.

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And to demonstrate what I'm talking about,

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I'll go ahead and switch
to Illustrator CS3

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for a moment here, at which
point I'll get a warning.

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You're always going to see
a warning when you work

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with an archival format

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and the warnings are somewhat documented

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down here at the bottom.

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Notice that it's saying any hidden

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appearance attributes will be discarded.

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Well, that's a pretty advanced warning.

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We're not going to really
spend that much time

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with the Appearance panel
until the Advanced course

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and it's not really true.

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So, let me explain what's going on.

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If you go back to Illustrator CS3,

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you're going to lose your artboards

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because CS3 and earlier
didn't support artboards,

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so what you're going to end up

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with is just one artboard
right there in the center

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of this document.

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All of the numbers will be preserved,

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but they won't have their
artboard information.

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So, what you probably want
to do in a case like this,

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if you go to CS3 or earlier,

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is to save each artboard
to a separate file.

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At which point you can either
save all of the artboards

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or you can specify a range.

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For example, if I change this Range value

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to two, five through seven,

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then I'm saying that I want
to save pages two, five, six,

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and seven, each one of them
as a separate document.

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If for some reason you need

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to save a backward-compatible file

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and you want to make sure you
preserve all your artboards,

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then you need to go with
at least Illustrator CS4.

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The problem with the CS4 format,

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and I know I'm getting technical here

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but I want you to know everything,

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if you go with Illustrator CS4,

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the one problem you're going to have is

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with any raster effects.

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And you may recall that
raster effects include things

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that are better represented using pixels

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and these include, most obviously,

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drop shadows and glows.

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In which case, those effects
are going to be converted

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to embedded images, which is
definitely not what you want.

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So, what I generally do
is go with Illustrator CS6

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and that's because 99.9% of the time,

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the way things stand right now,

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you're not losing anything

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and you can share your files with folks

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who haven't bought in to
the Creative Cloud program.

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And so, assuming that's what I want to do,

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then I do need to make one change which is

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to turn off Save each
artboard to a separate file

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so that I'm saving all the artboards

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to a single document.

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You don't have to worry about
this subsetting fonts option,

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just leave it alone and
go ahead and click OK

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in order to save that file.

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And by the way, if you
get an alert message

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warning you about the dangers
of saving to a legacy format,

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just turn on the Don't Show
Again check box and click OK.

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Alright, there's just one more option

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I want you to know about.

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I'm going to go to the File menu

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and choose the Save As command once more

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so that I can show you
the file format option

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that's available to you.

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I mentioned this before,
but I'll say it again.

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Almost always you're going to want to go

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with the Adobe Illustrator .AI format.

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It's compatible with all of the other

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Adobe applications out there
and it works beautifully.

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But just so you know
what your options are,

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you could also save a PDF document.

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Now, that's not really necessary

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because a PDF file is already built in

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to an Adobe Illustrator file by default.

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The only reason to go with Illustrator EPS

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is if you're working in a
very old school environment

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with an ancient version of
QuarkXPress, for example.

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That's when you would need an EPS file.

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And then finally, SVG stands
for Scalable Vector Graphics

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and that comes in handy if
you want to create a file

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that can be viewed inside
of an internet browser

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and zoomed in on as well,

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which is why we'll be
looking at that format later

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when we talk about saving
documents for the web.

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But in most cases, all you want

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is the native AI format like so,

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and that, friends, is how you save any

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and all changes to your document

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so that you don't lose a single thing

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here inside Illustrator.