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PDFs in Libraries: Why I can't edit them?

In Libraries:
.AI files are editable with a ctrl-click > Edit
.PDF are not.

Please allow PDF files to be open in Adobe Illustrator.

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  • Mark commented  ·   ·  Report

    I totally agree that opening PDF in Illustrator can be tricky.
    BTW opening from Libraries can save A LOT of time (sometimes)...

  • AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Quoting Dov Isaacs: 'Ai is not a general PDF editor'. It can import these, recreating them into a new native structure, but it’s hardly full editing, unless it’s saved with 'Illustrator Editing Capabilities', which basically embed s full- copy of the document inside.
    So importing a PDF from Library can be not one to one rendition.
    I doubt this will ever be rethought :/

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