Cannot update adobe illustrator with unable to move the file. rename and try again

#CANNOT UPDATE ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR WITH UNABLE TO MOVE THE FILE. RENAME AND TRY AGAIN HOW TO#

ThereвЂ™s a linked placeholder graphic for images, and the rest are all text objects. If youвЂ™re like me, you already set up one of the files you need, and then suddenly realized you have 50 more of these to do.Д¬hecking my screenshot below, I have a file set up with a number of variables.

This seems like a lot to do, but youвЂ™ll burn through these steps pretty quickly once you get the hang of it.

(Optional) Use Bridge or another action to add file extensions to exported files.

Use export action in Batch process to export all files.

Assign (Bind) variables to our placed text and graphics.

Fix a few Image issues in XML file using a text editor.

Convert spreadsheet cells into XML using an online converter.

Set up Illustrator file with copy and graphics placement and styling.

The companion video I created for this post is pretty comprehensive, but in case youвЂ™d rather read, I wrote an extensive description as well.ДЇirst, hereвЂ™s a quick list of the steps weвЂ™ll take to make this work ItвЂ™s not very intuitive to set up, though, so I made up this tutorial. If youвЂ™ve ever had to use Adobe Illustrator to set up multiple variations of a single file, then using the вЂњVariable DataвЂќ feature could save you a lot of time.

#CANNOT UPDATE ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR WITH UNABLE TO MOVE THE FILE. RENAME AND TRY AGAIN HOW TO#

SUPER-DUPER Update: IвЂ™ve completed a 2.5 hour course on how to use the NEW Variable Importer 8.0 script, and itвЂ™s available on ! Click to check out more info on the Adobe Illustrator Variable Data course!ДЄnd now back to our regularly scheduled blog postвЂ¦ ItвЂ™s achieved using the VariableImporter script, and you can view my newer Adobe Illustrator Variable Data tutorial here! UPDATE: ThereвЂ™s now a much better way to use variable data with Illustrator.

Cannot update adobe illustrator with unable to move the file. rename and try again