New documents saving as .ai by default and not keeping last save as default
I just updated to illustrator 30.1 from illustrator 29.7. One of the features that made my job easier is that when I saved a new document it used the same file format as the last document that I saved, i.e. save as eps if I just saved an eps. In the most recent update this feature seems to be missing for me. Now it is saving every file as .ai. I have to save a lot of files as .eps for printers, so this is making my life harder. Can anyone confirm if this is happening for them as well?
Brendan Cummings
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Brendan, there was a problem the team tried to solve.
Many users were using the Save dialog to create PDFs occasionally, and then, just like with the Export As dialog, the chosen file type would stick and stay.
The change was made due to this request — Allow us to choose a preferable file format on Export or keep the last chosen one, http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47550692This lead to many cases when users expected to save in the native .ai format, but would get a .pdf document instead.
The report was filed — Allow to choose if the Save dialog should "remember the last file format used / PDF is set as a default filetype when saving a new document, https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/50078010Alas, it makes it ALWAY .ai, but not allow us to control the stickiness, as we asked for.
Workflows differ, and this would have make it possible for everyone to choose the behavior that suits them.
Would you mind me merging you report with the latter one?
