Why does Illustrator make you save every file 20 times or more?
OK I exaggerate, but really, saving 3-4 times over and over is quite annoying...
Tom:
What you are referring to is when you save a file for the first time. I used to think "what the hey?" until I figured out why it does what it does...
When you go to save, you type in the file name, but without appending the extension, because you're used to the program doing this, right? Try typing the extension on the end and hit save, it will skip a step, adding the extension is all Illustrator does the first click.
The second main dialog window gathers all the pertinent info you want to save with the file, so that is kinda important.
What more do you want?
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