: Illustrator CC 2015 to Word 2016: Vector not displaying correctly I have a vector art on Illustrator that I'd like to use as background image for my cover on some projects (display only, not

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I have a vector art on Illustrator that I'd like to use as background image for my cover on some projects (display only, not print). I intend to keep the document as a high-quality vector PDF, like those books, magazines, whitepapers PDFs where you can zoom in and never lose the quality, so using PNG or JPG isn't an option.

Original image: i.imgur.com/1FehRWG.png — That's what I want displayed on the PDF after I exported it from Word.

METHOD 01: EXPORT AI AS WMF

Illustrator CC: File > Export > WMF
Word 2016: Insert picture > WMF file
Word 2016: File > Export > PDF

RESULT: i.imgur.com/lA2or4g.png and i.imgur.com/UgmkcmI.png — Vector loses quality.

METHOD 02: EXPORT AI AS EPS

Illustrator CC: File > Save As > EPS
Word 2016: Insert picture > EPS file
Word 2016: File > Export > PDF

RESULT: i.imgur.com/DqzX3HD.png and i.imgur.com/Q8DowB6.png — Still a vector, but the colors are all messed up and the lines aren't clear like the original.

Word 2016 settings:

Default output 330ppi

Illustrator CC settings:

1200ppi Line Art and Text
300ppi Gradient and Mesh
Raster/Vector Balance: 100
Convert all Text to Outlines: unchecked
Convert all Strokes to Outlines: unchecked
Anti-alias Rasters: unchecked
Artboard size: Letter (8.5in x 11in)
RGB Color Mode

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What I suggest you do is create two separate PDF’s — one out of Illustrator and one out of Word — and combine them in Acrobat or Preview or another PDF editing tool. Don’t put your cover art through Word at all.

So your steps would be:

export your document from Word as PDF
export your cover from Illustrator as PDF
open the document PDF in a PDF editor
add the cover PDF at the beginning of the document — essentially page zero (in Preview you do this by showing page thumbnails and just dragging the cover art PDF into the thumbnails so that it is the first thumbnail)
print or export as a final combined PDF for sharing

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