Full Version: Adobe Illustrator/CorelDraw file compatibility

From: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#4]
 28 Aug 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#3] 28 Aug 2006

Carl,

We have never had any issues with version 7. All of our Mac guys save there illustrator files as IBM PC EPS Version 7. And we have never had any problems importing them into corel.

From: bruce (BBSD) [#5]
 29 Aug 2006
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#4] 29 Aug 2006

Try exporting eveything as an Adobe EPS (legacy) vers 8 for compatability in Illustrator.

Corel 9 and adobe CS will open both.

select type in illustrator and choose type and convert to outlines.

Select text and choose arrange and convert to curves.

then export from either.

From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#6]
 29 Aug 2006
To: bruce (BBSD) [#5] 29 Aug 2006

Bruce;

I think your reply was for me.

Is there a "Save As" in the Mac version of Illustrator 10? Or does he need to go through the Export (File>Export?) to get to the "Adobe EPS (legacy)...."?

I exported (Save As) a file from CorelDraw v12 to the Mac version 7 of AI and he was able to open it and modify it but he could not save the changes, "Cannot save changes on this old format". Does AI default to the same version that it was read in as? I told him try to Save As (if it exists in AI) but he hasn't gotten back to me.

I guess I need to run over there and see if I can figure it out.

Thanks.

From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#7]
 29 Aug 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#6] 29 Aug 2006

The changes he made may not be in the older version. Corel Draw has that problem as well as any others that have added new features. The new features cannot be saved in the old format. Rock & hard place.

From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#8]
 29 Aug 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#6] 29 Aug 2006

Usually when AI gives that warning it is because whatever changes he made use features that the older version didn't have. His edits used features that the AI 7 file format can't save. When he received that error he should have been given the option to save in a newer format. Chances are that newer format will work fine in your CD 12.

From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#9]
 29 Aug 2006
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#8] 29 Aug 2006

Okay, thanks. That seems backwards to me. AI saves in the same format that the file was opened as? Is that a Mac thing?

From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#10]
 29 Aug 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#9] 29 Aug 2006

No, that's true with the PC version too. It assumes that if you open and edit an older version you might need to give the edited copy back to somebody with that old program.

But if you make changes using new features and it can't save them in the old format it will say so, and should give you the option to save in a newer format.

With SaveAs you are making a new file, so it defaults to saving it in the latest version.

EDITED: 29 Aug 2006 by DAVERJ

From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#11]
 29 Aug 2006
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#10] 30 Aug 2006

Exellent. Thanks!

From: bruce (BBSD) [#12]
 29 Aug 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#6] 29 Aug 2006

in corel, I can't control nor do I know which level is saved as or exported as EPS but you can choose postscript level.

My export to EPS from CDR12 defaults to postscript level 1.

Corel 9 will import as PS Prn EPS OK.

Just more info.

p.s. Yes the last reply should have been directed ti you.

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