How to change prefs to always save to Legacy? AI 27.2 (2023)

Hello @G P Shannon,

Thanks for reaching out. As suggested by Met1, you can set up a script to process all your Illustrator documents to be saved in the Illustrator CC Legacy format. Here's a script to get you started:

// Set the preset name
var presetName = "Adobe Illustrator CC";

// Set the source and destination folders
var sourceFolder = "C:/TOCONVERT/";
var destFolder = "C:/TOCONVERT/converted/";

// Get an array of files in the source folder
var files = Folder(sourceFolder).getFiles();

// Loop through each file in the source folder
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {

  // Get a reference to the current file
  var file = files[i];

  // Check if the file is an Illustrator file
  if (file instanceof File && file.name.match(/\.ai$/i)) {

    // Open the file
    var doc = app.open(file);

    // Create the options object for saving the file
    var saveOpts = new IllustratorSaveOptions();

    // Set the save options
    saveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR17;
    saveOpts.preset = presetName;

    // Save the file in the destination folder
    doc.saveAs(new File(destFolder + file.name), saveOpts);

    // Close the file
    doc.close();
  }
}

Note: You will need to change the "var sourceFolder" and "var destFolder" to the directories on your computer. Make sure that folders are already present else it will ask you to manually locate the files.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,

Anubhav