shrug-l: Exporting ArcMap document for use in Adobe Illustrator

[Nonie Castro]

Hello all - I'm requesting your opinions here. 

We have a need to manipulate our maps graphically beyond what ArcMap can
do. 
(Or - what it can do - software that is specifically for graphics can do
better/faster/more efficiently)

Do  any of the rest of you use something besides an ESRI product to
manipulate your maps? 
If so - what? 

If you have a graphics program - do you then use any other software,
like the Avenza products - as a "bridge" between the two? 

Thank you,
Nonie Castro
GIS Specialist
Cox Target Media
8605 Largo Lakes Blvd
Largo, FL 33773
727-399-3000 x3246
www.coxtarget.com