On export to AI a dialogue box will come up and it will be one of the selections there. If you are trying to get rid of lines which can split lettering and shapes this should do the trick OR convert your text to curves and then break apart, middles of letters ie O & P etc will only display if you are in wireframe view – combining in the importing programme will restore correct dispaly.
alan
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