Export to eps or pdf - strokes change to filled paths

I'm probably missing something basic here but I seem to have a problem that happens intermittently. When I export an indesign document that contains strokes as an eps or pdf then open it up in Illustrator, my strokes have changed to filled paths. How do I stop it converting them? I've tried various flattening options but it hasn't worked... (The indesign file contains placed Illustrator eps files with die lines and it seems to happen with the complicated lines). Thankyou

Dsl0028 wrote:
Sorry the story gets longer - The placed files are usually supplied as pdfs which I amend and resave as Illustrator CS5 eps so the strokes are correct there. Those files are stepped in Indesign and exported as an eps and pdf again for printing purposes.
As John says, Illustrator is not a general purpose PDF editor and can only be relied upon to accurately edit PDF created in Illustrator. In Addition, is there some specific reason for saving as EPS? ID is perfectly capable of placing native .ai and PDF files, and many problems that seem to have no other cause disappear when .eps files are resaved in another format.
If you have to continue with this questionable workflow, keep in mind that what yoou are describing, converting strokes to filled paths, sounds like part of a transparency flattening process and is far more likely to occur when exporting to .eps which doesn't support transparency and always is flattened. Export to PDF with Acrobat 1.4 compatibility or higher may work better, but there's no guarantee it will open properly in Illustrator.

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