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A tutorial is being started here in how to use [[Adobe Illustrator]] to convert [[PDF]] graphics to [[SVG]] graphics. See [[commons:Category:PDF maps]] and this archived discussion:
*[[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Images to improve/Archive/Jul 2008#Image:APISmap1.pdf]]

See also:
*[[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Resources/PDF conversion to SVG]]

==Converting PDF to SVG in Adobe Illustrator==
#Open the PDF in Adobe Illustrator.
#Select the page of the PDF you are interested in if the PDF is a multi-page document (Illustrator will only open one page at a time).
#Go to ''File > Save As'' (''Shift + Ctrl + S''). 
#From the ''Format'' drop-down menu, select ''SVG (*.SVG)''. ''Save As''.
#In the resulting dialog box:
##Under ''SVG Profiles'', choose a profile (usually ''SVG 1.0'' or ''SVG 1.1'').
##Under ''Type'', if you are not using [[web-safe fonts]], select ''Convert to outline''. (Warning: this greatly increases the size of your file.) If you are using web-safe fonts, choose ''SVG''; under ''Subsetting'', choose ''None (Use System Fonts)''.
#Click ''OK''.

==Nominally resizing an SVG in Adobe Illustrator==
#Open your file.
#Make sure that none of the layers are locked. (''Window > Layers''; a padlock symbol next to a layer indicates it is locked.) Make sure all of the layers are visible. (An eye symbol next to a layer indicates it is visible.)
#''Select > All'' (''Ctrl + A'').
#To resize:
##'''Either''' go to ''Object > Transform > Scale...''. Select the ''Uniform'' radio button and type in a percentage; greater than 100% makes your object larger, less than 100% makes it smaller. Make sure ''Scale Strokes & Effects'' under ''Options'' is checked. Click ''OK''.
##'''Or''', to free transform in proportion, click and hold on a corner of the outermost bounding box, hold down the ''Shift'' key, and drag.
#''File > Save'' (''Ctrl + S'').

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