Illustrator CS4 saves two files?

Question

Hi all, hopefully someone can help?
When I save a file as an .eps from Illustrator it also saves the same file but adds _01 onto the end so I end up with twofiles saved of th same thing? Does anyone know how to stop this?
Many thanks,
S

Answer 1

Hi, here if what is happening. When you save as EPS, in the Save Dialog, if you have the "Use Artboard" checked and the Ratio button set to all, Illustrator will save all Artboard into individual eps file AND also save one EPS that include all artboards in the file. This even if you have only one artboard in your file. That why in your case you have what look like two similar EPS files created. To eliminate that behavior you have two choice. (1) Uncheck the "Use Artboard" or in the Range field enter 1 instead of using the "All" Ratio.
One things worth mentioning, is that when using the  "Use Artoard" option all artboard saved as EPS is also getting clipped to the bounding of the artboard itself including Bleed setting if one is defined in the document. (Illustartor automaticly adding a clipping). When this option if Off, Illustrator will not clip the content to the artboard, but will use the bounding box of all objects in the document as the bounding box attributes.