Opening Illustrator 2020 files with Illustrator 2019

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February 13, 2020
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I am noticing that working files started with Illustrator 2020 are becoming corrupted when opened in Illustrator 2019. Layer information is being collapsed into clip groups. Is there a setting that can stop this from happening?

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Is there at least a way to enable saving to legacy formats for compatibilty?

Yes there is in 2020: legacy CC

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Nick Gammon

Participating Frequently

Just save others a little of their precious time if they're confused as to where the dialogue box to save legacy files actually is, after they've clicked "save as" - it appears AFTER choosing the location in the Save Dialog of OS X, and apprently not at all when saving to creative cloud.

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SJRiegel

Legend

The files are not being corrupted. Illustrator 2019 cannot directly read the newer format (2020), so it is opening the PDF portion of the file instead. The way to fix this is to work in the same version that the file was created in, or a newer one.

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sarapixelsAuthor

Inspiring

What is the recommended way to use Illustrator across teams that use different versions? In the past this has not been an issue. What is so different about the 2020 version that sacrifices that compatibility?