Save a template for data-driven graphics – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual

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Save a template for data-driven graphics

When you define variables in an Illustrator document, you are creating a template for data-driven graphics. You can
save the template in SVG

format for use with other Adobe products, such as Adobe® Graphics Server and Adobe®

GoLive®. For example, a GoLive user can place an SVG template in a page layout, bind its variables to a database using
dynamic links, and then use Adobe Graphics Server to generate iterations of the artwork. Likewise, a developer
working with Adobe Graphics Server can bind the variables in the SVG file directly to a database or another data
source.

1

Choose File > Save As, enter a file name, select SVG as the file format, and click Save.

2

Click More Options, and select Include Adobe Graphics Server Data. This option includes all information needed

for variable substitution in the SVG file.

3

Click

OK.

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