Create pdf compatible file check box not available in version 29.7.1

[Dilly_Dally]

Back to AI after a long time.  I am saving files both locally and in the cloud.  In an attempt to be able to see a preview of the file locally, googling says check the "Create Pdf Compatible File" box when you save it as a PDF....

I don't see that check box anywhere....ideas?

[Ton Frederiks]

If you save as PDF, it is a PDF.

If you want to open that PDF later in Illustrator, check the Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option

[Ton Frederiks]

If you save the File as .ai check the "Create PDF Compatible File" option (yes, that will give you a Preview).

[Dilly_Dally]

What I am saying is that neither of the save screens I have (one to the
cloud, the other to my local computer) any options like that.

[Lukas Engqvist]

When you save to the cloud there is no such option. If you save to a local folder using Save As… you will get a dialog with options to save as PDF compatible. So it is when you save as an AI locally that you can choose to be PDF compatible. 

[Dilly_Dally]

Right, but my version doesn't have those options in either save screen (one for the computer, one for the cloud).

[Bill Silbert · Accepted solution]

After you click on Save you should get an Illustrator Options dialog as shown in the screenshot below. It is there that you will get the option to Create PDF Compatible File. Then you can click on Okay to finish the Save.

[Dilly_Dally]

I was able to follow Bill's advice.  However, the preview doesn't appear in Windows explorer except in the Preview Pane.  (rather than just the regular file view)  Should I report this as a bug?

[Lukas Engqvist]

Windows explorer dosn't read native illustrator files, it's not a bug. If you want a preview you can use Adobe Bridge as file browser.

[Ton Frederiks]

As Bill suggested, click further to get to the options. 

Save local, the Cloud version does not have that option.

[Dilly_Dally]

Got that.  I was asking about reporting a bug.  I can only see a preview of files saved this way when I click the preview pane in Windows Explorer.  Otherwise they just have an Illustrator logo.

[Nancy21791207pkc0]

I am also having this issue and have not been able to solve it..... what steps did you follow exactly?

[Nancy21791207pkc0]

For context, I have checked and unchecked all the options to get it to offer me the needed check box. And I am saving to the computer in this case

[Monika Gause]

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@Nancy21791207pkc0  schrieb:

For context, I have checked and unchecked all the options to get it to offer me the needed check box. And I am saving to the computer in this case

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You are saving a PDF already.

[Nancy21791207pkc0]

I am aware of that however when I try to open the saved PDF in another
software I am getting the message to save it and check "create PDF
compatible file"


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Nancy Jean

[Monika Gause]

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@Nancy21791207pkc0  schrieb:
I am aware of that however when I try to open the saved PDF in another
software I am getting the message to save it and check "create PDF
compatible file"


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Nancy Jean

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Which other software tells you that?

And what exactly are you doing in it?

Can you check your PDF in Acrobat? Does it work? If it does, then the issue is with the other software.

[Dilly_Dally]

Nancy, not that it helps, but I never solved this issue.  For awhile Microsoft Power Toys allowed me to preview the file as long as I opened the preview pane.  (Now it doesn't seem to work)   Here is anothe work around:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWXWdRW4e0E  Here you have to use a short cut (Cntrl Space) to view the file.  I am about to download Adobe Bridge (as was suggested by someone else)...(I hated this software before, but haven't used it for years...so I am going to give it another whirl.)  Seems like someone should be able to fix this issue without separate software.  

Edit:  I reinstalled powertoys...still not working.  Adobe Bridge however is free and now that I have used it for a few minutes, I may just use it instead of Windows file explorer.  It has lots of great tools that were not there a long time ago.