Convert Adobe Illustrator graphics to Adobe Portable document format.
We have found 22 software records in our database eligible for .ai to .pdf file format conversion.
Various applications developed from Adobe, like Photoshop and of course Illustrator are able to export .ai graphics to Adobe PDF format, which is more or less ai to pdf conversion. Once saved as PDF the original graphics can only be recovered using Illustrator.
You can also find and try various 3rd party vector conversion programs like UniConvertor, but using the original program is always the best choice. On OS X, you can use the Preview graphics viewer to print your .ai graphics as .pdf files.
Updated: October 11, 2022
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert ai to pdf on Windows
Professional desktop document publishing software from Adobe
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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Convert from ai file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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to pdf file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned ai to pdf. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
A set of applications used by professional graphic designers
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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A professional graphic and animation editor
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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A universal vector graphics translator
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Photo editing software
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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A vector-based drawing software
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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A professional software for signmakers
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Desktop publishing software
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert ai to pdf on OS X
Mac version od Adobe's popular document designing and publishing software
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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Mac version of Adobe's vector graphics editor
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
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pdf | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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Professional graphic design software for the Mac
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Photo editing software for Apple Mac
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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A dedicated viewer for Adobe Creative Cloud documents
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Mac version of Adobe's popular image editor
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Linux/Unix software 
- convert ai to pdf on Linux
A vector graphics converter for various Linux distributions
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Multiplatform software 
- convert ai to pdf on any platform
A vector graphics editor
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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A label design solution from Avery
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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ai | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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pdf | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Additional links: Open ai file, Open pdf file
AI
An ai file extension is associated with Adobe Illustrator and used for vector graphic file created in the program. CorelDraw is also able import and work with ai file.
PDF
A pdf file extension is mainly used for Adobe Portable document format, commonly referred to as PDF. All programs that create some sort of documents or projects offer the possibility to export their format to PDF format. A free PDF viewer (Adobe Reader) is available for download from Adobe website.
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