Advanced SVG options

Click the Advanced button in the SVG Options dialog box to use the following options.

CSS Properties

Choose an option from the CSS Properties pop-up menu to determine how style attributes are saved in the SVG code. The default method, Style Attributes <Entity Reference>, results in faster rendering times and reduced SVG file size. Use the Style Attributes method if the SVG code will be used in transformations--for example, transformations using Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT)--but results in slightly larger file size. Use the Style Element method when sharing files with HTML documents. By selecting Style Element, you can then modify the SVG file to move a style element into an external stylesheet file that is also referenced by the HTML file. However, the Style Element option also results in slower rendering speeds.

Decimal Places

Specifies the precision of vector data in the SVG file. You can set a value of 1 to 7 decimal places. A high value results in a larger file size and increased image quality.

Encoding

Choose a method from the Encoding pop-up menu to determine how to encode characters in the SVG file. ISO 8859-1 is suitable for most European languages, while UTF (Unicode Transformation Format) is preferred for non-Roman languages. (UTF-8 is an 8-bit format and usually creates smaller files without losing any information compared to the 16-bit UTF-16 format.)

Optimize for Adobe SVG Viewer

Optimizes for the Adobe SVG viewer through an Adobe XML namespace. This option takes advantage of faster rendering for features such as filter effects.

Include Extended Syntax for Variable Data

Includes all information needed for variable substitution in the SVG file. Select this option if you're exporting a template for use in GoLive or AlterCast. (See the Illustrator 10 user guide for more information.)

Include Slicing Data

Preserves slice locations and optimization settings.

Include File Info

Preserves information about your document. This is useful to track information such as "Author," "Date Created," and "Date Modified."