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Expert: - 3/10/2006


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I am using Adobe Illustrator 10. My problem is, when I try to open a file that I created and saved, I get an error message that says: "Can't open the illustration. The illustration exceeds an implementation limit."
I can open it if I use "File" "place" option, but I need to modify the image. How can I do this in Illustrator and also open file? I can't afford to lose this one. HELP!
Thanks!

Answer
Hi Sarah,

This situation - a corrupt file - can be tricky. Are you on a PC? Try changing the file suffix to PDF and opening it with Illustrator... that SOMETIMES works.

Otherwise, you can try sending it to me (AmyLynPace@yahoo.com) and I'll play around with it.

-Amy  

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