Also it's a new feature in the just released v3 beta that the PDF import has been improved, so if you're trying to import PDF files you want to be using that new v3 beta release and not that old v2.5 beta from January 31st.

The new PDF importer should work a lot better and be able to read PDF files that the previous one got confused by.

It also improves AI v9 or higher AI files as well which are actually PDF files. You do however need to save the .AI file from Illustrator with the "Make PDF compatible" checkbox turned on as described previously in this thread.

If you want to use the v2.5 full release (the full version that does not expire) rather than the new v3 beta release, that one has the old PDF importer which was not very reliable - to work with that version you need to export to a V8 or earlier type AI file in the export options when saving from Illustrator.


Previously I just assumed that you were using the current versions - but you're actually using some old beta releases and that explains some of the problems that you are running into, there's a whole bunch of bugs that have been fixed since then.


- Michael