Expert: Amy - 9/29/2006

Question
I saved my Illustrator file without the PDF setting checked to cut down on the file's size. When I went to open it it gave me the following error:

Can't open the illustration. The illustration ended unexpectedly.

Offending operator: "XI"
Context:
R/AIPrivateData7 15 O R/AIPrivateData8 16 O R/AIPrivateData9 17 O R/NumBlock 11/RoundtripStream  

Answer
Hi Suzanne,

Sorry you're having problems with the file.

Yes, the file is probably corrupt.

You can try to place it into a new Illustrator document.

If the file isn't too huge, you could send it to me and I could try to go in there with a text editor and find the offending portion of the file and remove it. Since it was (hopefully) last saved with PDF unchecked, I might be able to do something.

AmyLynPace @ yahoo.com