Allow to disable "Use Compression" option by default
The new change making 'Use Compression' a default setting under the Illustrator Options when saving new files has negatively impacted our team's productivity. We require full autonomy over our file settings and find the imposition of new defaults to be unnecessary. We strongly suggest reverting this to an opt-in feature so that professional users can maintain their established saving protocols without manual interference because compression sucks. Thank you!
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Doug, this is not a new change, as far as I know... Ai forces this option for any new documents saved, along with 'Create PDF Compatible File' and 'Embed ICC Profiles'. I’m used to disable these each time with Alt+C, P. Blessed be accessibility hotkeys. Alt+M should disable the compression option.
To be sure, I checked older builds: CS4, CS6, 2017... All these have it by default, and the only case it doesn’t show up — when a document saved without it already gets resaved.If you are dead sure there was a particular version that never had this option be default and you can test it — please tell more.
Meanwhile, take a look at these related requests:
1. Disable "save as PDF compatible" as default when saving .AI file — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36926863
2. Allow to disable 'Create PDF Compatible File' option when saving AIT templates — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49429697
