Text Import Options Menu Box

I recently created a deck of cards in Illustrator for a design show. All the elements were created in Illustrator CS4 in different files. I started a new file and put the cards together printed and saved my file as usual. a week later I tried to open up the file and now the TEXT IMPORT OPTIONS box appears and it wont open up my file and all the hard work i put in putting them together. the element files open up as usual. Is my file gone forever? will i have to piece them back? Is ther anyway of opening it up?

3 words: Versioning, versioning and backups. Oh, and did I mention versioning and backups? Yes, the file is most likely gone *poof*, so it wil lhave to be reassembled. And you realyl might consider developing a strategy to keep valuable work files safe.
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Text Import Options

Hi
When i create some artwork within a new ai file and save it to my windows server share when i try and open that file again it comes up with the Text Import Options dialog screen and no matter what i pick here is just throughs up gobbly **** on the screen.
any ideas?
cheers

belronan1 wrote:
hi
i can confirm that if i copy the good file from the dekstop to the server and try to open it does give me the same import text options box and does not open. I can also confirm that the file sizes are exactly the same size
cheers
How about if you copy o the server, then copy back to a local drive. If that file opens, then it appears there is no way to open files directly off the server. Since that’s a bad idea anyway it’s a mixed blessing, since it makes it impossible to do something you shouldn’t do. As to why… Ask you IT guys. They’s like nothing better than t chase down some obscure problem that only bothers those jerks in the graphics department that are always giving them extra work.
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