Editing text in .ai files - CC and CS6

I am using Illustrator CC.  My business partner is in CS6.  When we save files to .pdfs or legacy versions, we lose the ability to use the character pallete.  I can't change leading or use kerning tools.  I am able to select the text box, and change letters, but that's it.  I can't go in and select a line, and then change the leading.  I can't select a line to change the kerning.  When I open the version that my partner's worked on in CS6, I save it as a cc file.  I'm not sure why we're losing all the editing capability. The box for "preserve Illustrator editing capabilities" is checked.  We have always had different versions of Illustrator for the last 6 years we've worked together, and this hasn't ever been a problem.  Really annoying.

We don't share every file we work on. I don't think I should have to save to CS6 "just in case?"
Well, you cannot open higher version files with the lower version. And if the lower version can access any of that content, then that content is from the PDF protion of the file.
So, yes, if you want to be able to work with both version on potentially all of your files, you will have to downsave them. I mean, what do you expect?
The text problem you describe is typical for what is happening when you open the PDF part of a file.
See about files here:
http://rwillustrator.blogspot.de/2006/11/whats-in-file.html

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