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Title: Saving as EPS, but file gets AI extension
Post by: Monkeyman on January 22, 2015, 10:50

I'm trying to create an action in Illustrator to save AI6 files to EPS8. But when I record the action and chose "Save As..." it becomes "Save A Copy" in the action, which gives the saved file an .AI extension instead of .EPS. Why does this happen and how do I fix it??

Title: Re: Saving as EPS, but file gets AI extension
Post by: Monkeyman on January 22, 2015, 11:02

Just realized it has something to do with the artboards. I have to check "All" instead of "Range:" when saving. This creates two files that are exactly the same, except that one of them doesn't have any artboard at all. And the one that does have an artboard gets the annoying "-1" added in the end of the file name, so now I have to delete the pointless file with no artboard and rename the other to get rid of the "-1". Any way to get around this? I have a few hundred files that need to be saved...

Title: Re: Saving as EPS, but file gets AI extension
Post by: redwater on January 22, 2015, 14:34

Have you tried ticking the "Override action "Save" command"?

Title: Re: Saving as EPS, but file gets AI extension
Post by: Monkeyman on January 22, 2015, 18:07

No, haven't seen that. Gonna take a look. Thanks for the tip!