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  1. "Save a Copy" and 'Save As' dialog need the 'Suffix' option, like "Export As" has

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    9 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » File Save, Import and Export  ·  Admin →
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    Elmigo commented  · 

    Yes, this is a problem for me too. Two things are working against each other:
    1. "Use artboards" checked off by default
    2. Automatically adding suffix to SVG file name

    I end up accidentally saving SVG files without a bounding box, remembering that I forgot the artboards checkbox, and now I have to follow steps to:
    - Open a random file with the correct artboard size
    - Open the file with the wrong bounding box size
    - Copying the contents of the second file into the first file
    - Saving the second file under the name of the first file
    - Now I have two or even more files with a suffix in the name

    And now I end up deleting the wrong files. I remember saving the original file as "file_name.svg" but this original file does not exist, because Illustrator automatically turns it into "file_name-01.svg". I'm under the impression that the file with suffix is the wrong one because Illustrator added the suffix, and I saved a file with a suffix that had no boundaries. But the suffixed file is actually the original that I end up deleting.

    This feature was meant to prevent overriding original files, but I end up deleting the wrong ones all the time now.

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    Elmigo commented  · 

    Illustrator Save as SVG has become an absolute pain for me in the past year(s) because two things are working against each other:
    1. "Use artboard" is off by default, causing me to continuously save SVG's without boundaries
    2. "-01", "-02", etc. is automatically added behind file names, requiring me to rename them

    The effects for me are destructive:

    I keep deleting the wrong files because after saving, I remember that I forgot to check "Use artboards", and now I end up:
    1. Opening another random file with the correct artboard size
    2. Opening the file without bounding box
    3. Copying the content of the file without bounding box
    4. Pasting it in the existing file with bounding box
    5. Saving the existing file under the file name of the first file
    6. Ending up with a bunch of files with suffixes "-02", "-03", etc.
    7. I don't remember which file is the original anymore, because the original usually does not have a suffix but now ALL MY FILES have suffixes
    8. I end op deleting the wrong files and losing my data

    And this suffix-function was probably meant to prevent overriding original files. Yet because of its effects, I end up deleting the original files instead.

    Meanwhile, after making this mistake a couple of times, my trash can has become an unrecognizable list of files with the exact same file names, and it's impossible for me to find the "original" file that I accidentally removed.

    This feature is more of a bug than most crashes and real bugs to me.

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