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simple method first I will show you the live trace method
its seems tricky at first, but becomes easier with practice.
first choose an image on your computer
I'm using a apple because of its simple shape
and open it in illustrator
now using the black arrow button
-click on the black arrow in the tools bar located on the side
-then holding the mouse draw a square around the image
-a blue line should appear around the image
now go
object>live trace>tracing options
in options choose colour and hit set default
then you will get a traced image
on the top of the screen hit the expand button
now you probly just want a cleaner image, without all that stuff around it
now hit
shift.>command>G
this will hightlight and unlock the image so you can take off the items you don't want
now you are left with just the apple
to save.
just hit
file>save as>adobe illustrator file
or
file>save as>adobe PDF