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  • June 4, 2013 at 11:50 am in reply to: CorelDraw to Illustrator to InDesign #33806
    Jose Ramos
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    Yes that worked great! Thank you David.

    And just in case there’s anyone else out there facing the same problem, here’s an Illustrator Script written by Carlos Canto (exclusively for my issue) that will open any Ai file in any subfolder (drilling several levels down), save the file in Ai format with PDF preview and close it in the same location. Thanks Carlos!

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqlx4nfnq3iegz4/Ai2Ai.jsx

    June 3, 2013 at 1:19 pm in reply to: CorelDraw to Illustrator to InDesign #33794
    Jose Ramos
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    I thought it would be good to post the final solution based on the excellent suggestions by David. And by solution I mean workaround.
    1. Use Bridge to isolate the Ai files. (Select show items from subfolders and Filter the Ai files).
    2. Select all and open in Ai.
    3. Use the Convert to PDF script and save the pdfs to a New folder
    4. InDesign: In the Links panel, select all Ai links. (Sure would be nice to be able to be able to filter the links or maybe sort all Ai files).
    5. Choose Relink to Folder command.
    6. Select Match same filename but this extension: pdf.
    7. Choose the folder you want to relink to (the one with all the newly created PDFs).
    8. Done.
    Thanks!

    June 3, 2013 at 11:49 am in reply to: CorelDraw to Illustrator to InDesign #33792
    Jose Ramos
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    Thanks so much for the links, David. I’m checking them out right now!

    June 3, 2013 at 11:28 am in reply to: CorelDraw to Illustrator to InDesign #33790
    Jose Ramos
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    Hello Jongware:

    Interesting indeed! Here’s what I get when dropping one of those Ai files into Distiller.
    [Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced.]

    However, if I open and save the file in Illustrator, it works fine.

    June 3, 2013 at 11:21 am in reply to: CorelDraw to Illustrator to InDesign #33789
    Jose Ramos
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    I forgot about that detail. And here I was trashing Corel! :)
    Thanks!
    Jose

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