When the text was created in previous version of Illustrator, lets say AI CS3, when if you open it in AI CS5.1, it still looks the same: all character are exactly on the same positions. Although, if you open it in AI CC, it does not keep the flow anymore: all character positions are different now and there is no even a warning that the text flow will change. Is there an option to keep it warning of text layout changes from AI files made in previous versions?
It was only kept for Legacy files, that is version 10 and even older files.
That is not true. I created a sample text in AI CS3 containing a large paragraph. I then open that CS3 made file in CS5.1. The layout is kept exactly the same. If I then double-click on that text to start editing, I get a message "text was created in a previous version of Illustrator and its going to change the layout: Do you want to continue?". If I click Yes, then the text is being reflown according to new AI CS5.1 text engine (which of course make the layout change).
When I open the same CS3-made file in AI CC, I do not get any message anymore, and the text layout is just changed immediately. Does that mean that text layout will now change for every version ?
Suppose I want to make a text box, and I do some trapping on that text on some areas. Now, when I upgrade the AI , all my traps are not correct anymore, and I will need to redo them every time I upgrade. Note: this was NEVER the case in any AI CSxx version: I could always upgrade and I could always reuse the files without the need to look at all live text. Of course, if I wanted to change something in the text, then its logical that the reflow gets change completely and that is acceptable. But if I want to open an old file, and just want to make a small correction, I cannot do that anymore without a big work of looking at all text blocks.
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