Text Import options

Any updates here? Have several important files with the same issue.

Have you tried opening up the file on another computer with Illustrator?

If not then it might be gone.  I have had this happen different times when I was working from a Western Digital external hard drive.  Needless to say I never use WD anymore... Seagate all the way!

But that is off topic.  It can be annoying.  But even in Microsoft Word... if you are working on an important project it is good to save a backup or rename it to a different file after so much work.  Example.... Birdv1.ai..... then after working a few hours Birdv2.ai.

I know that is a silly way to do it.  But sometimes I do that... just so I have a point that I can always go back to.  Kind of like gaming... you want to keep one point of the game saved.  Just save the next part of the game under a new name.

Bad thing is this can happen in any software at any moment.  That is the pain of creating things digitally.  You have to save or back things up under a new name.  Happens to even the pros... they forget and then they have that "Oh NOOOOO" moment.

So if it does not open up on another computer... you may very well have to recreate it all.

If the file is of extreme priority then why is there no backup?

Most probably the file is doomed.

Did you already try and restart your computer? Sometimes this solves various issues.

Did you save with PDF compatibility? In that case: Create a new Illustrator file and File > Place the corrupt file.

Did you save directly to a server? Open directly from a server?

That might be the cause of your issue.