Importing Adobe Illustrator files into memoQ

The latest major releases of memoQ do NOT support native .ai files - but they do support .svg.

You can export Adobe Illustrator files (.ai,.eps), DWG, or CAD files into the SVG format.

If you have Adobe Illustrator:

1. Before you export your document, you need to change the text from single line text boxes to full paragraph text boxes in Illustrator. This ensures correct segmentation.
2. Use the following Illustrator export settings:

These settings prevent too many tags and ensure correct segmentation.

3. Save the SVG to a separate folder, because images will be saved separately.
4. Import the SVG into memoQ. After translation, export the file back into the original folder, so that the images can be linked correctly.

If you do not have Adobe Illustrator:

You can get a monthly subscription to Adobe Illustrator (https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html). Cost is 21 USD per month (Fall 2018)

• The free alternative: download and install the open-source editor Inkscape (http://inkscape.org), which supports .ai files. With that, you can open the .ai and save as .svg
• The paid alternative: buy CopyFlow Gold for Illustrator (http://www.napsys.com/shop/). Cost is about 400 USD (Fall 2018)

You can also rename any .ai file to .pdf and open it with any PDF reader!