Part of #868: docs for Save As .ai legacy version 7 (artboard picker, Transparent Images)

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Dan Green
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@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ from G14 and the budget run of G15: **~170–270 h** one agent, ~50–80 h wall
of 14), guides and non-printing construction
lines (#779), open speed on large files (#758), legacy type in `.ai` files in PostScript form (those without
their prolog open since #1027), live effects, brushes and symbols as live objects (#637; pattern fills and global colours are read since #1025, placed (linked) files since #1264). Writing Illustrator's own editing data is out of scope
(undocumented); Save As `.ai` stays PDF-compatible, and Illustrator 2018 opens such a file without its layers and
groups (#868).
(undocumented): a PDF-compatible `.ai` opens in Illustrator 2018 without its layers and groups (#868). Save As
`.ai` › Version: Legacy (version 7) writes the PostScript form from the published version 7 specification
instead, keeping layers (names, order, visibility, lock), groups, compound paths, clipping groups, gradients and
images, one artboard per file (an artboard picker chooses which); transparency, type, live effects and object
names don't survive it (transparent images are flattened or omitted). It waits for testing by users who hand
files back.
- **Evidence:** the issues above; 28 of the 350 issues are about `.ai`/EPS (about 22 people, the most common single
format theme), 20 fixed, and the 8 open ones are about structure (layers, guides, speed, live objects), not missing
art. No real-file `.ai` corpus (users' files may be used locally, never committed).