Question:  I'm new to illustrator, at school we're using cs4 on macs,

At home i have a pc-what do i need to save my files as in order to revise them at home?

I can vouch for Larry.  I took all my graphic design school online, and all of the students had to upload their files so that they could be opened by all the Adobe products to be critiqued by both fellow students and the profs.  The students worked on both Mac and PCs, and there was never an issue!  Also, in the future, when you need to ask for files from another graphic designer, it is so much nicer if they give you an ai file!

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