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Importing Adobe Illustrator files

Flash can import and export Adobe Illustrator files in version 8.0 format or earlier. (For information on exporting Illustrator files, see Adobe Illustrator.) When you import an Illustrator file into Flash, you must ungroup all the Illustrator objects on all layers. Once all the objects are ungrouped, they can be manipulated like any other Flash object.

To import an Adobe Illustrator file:

1 | Choose File > Import.
2 | In the Import dialog box, choose Adobe Illustrator from the Files of Type (Windows) or Show (Macintosh) pop-up menu.
3 | Navigate to an Illustrator file and select it.
4 | Do one of the following:
| In Windows or Macintosh OS 10 or later, click Open.
| In Macintosh OS 9.X or earlier, click Add to add the selected file to the Import list, then click Import to import the file in the Import list.
| The Illustrator Import Settings dialog box appears.
5 | For Convert Layers, select one of the following:
| Layers converts each layer in the Illustrator document to a layer in the Flash document.
| Keyframes converts each layer in the Illustrator document to a keyframe in the Flash document.
| Flatten converts all layers in the Illustrator document to a single flattened layer in the Flash document.
6 | Choose Include Invisible Layers to import all layers (visible and hidden) from the Illustrator document.
7 | Click OK.