Rollback to version 1

[muddyfrog]

Is there a way to rollback the files that can be opened in version 1? 

[Ali]

No, but if you work on COPIES of your existing V1 files, then you will always have a back-up.

[muddyfrog]

Great, I lost about 4 days of work since I will have to go restore backups.  Wish I would have understood this before commiting to version 2. 

[carl123]

Apparently, you can copy/paste all Layers from your V2 document to your V1 document and you only "lose" the new V2 features. (Assuming you used any of them)

I have not tried it but it may be worth you trying it

 

  

[StuartRc]

I have tried this ... with Designer but depends on how you have been working.
You can copy the artboard between V2 > V1. or other layers and objects.
If applied new features in V2 results might be a bit unexpected.
rasters should exchange  

Publisher have not tried!

[chessboard]

You could also try to export to a different format as PDF or SVG and open it in AD Version 1.

[AllAppsUser]

On 11/22/2022 at 4:34 PM, chessboard said:

You could also try to export to a different format as PDF or SVG and open it in AD Version 1.

@chessboard's is the pragmatic way to tackle it - assuming you can open and use the version 2 apps at all.

You may find the files are changed on opening, and you might have to recreate some things such as artboard arrangements that I don't think are part of the svg spec for example. It may be the least painful path on balance though.

Until an app has reached version 4, I would suggest always backing up your files, before opening any in the newer version. I know, hindsight is a wonderful thing. I learned the lesson the hard way myself many-many years ago, while technology was still a bit of a 'wild west'. It happens a lot less now, than it did in those days - though that's no consolation to you. It's painful, and I'm sorry you didn't know. Keep going, these things happen.

Edited November 26, 2022 by ProDesigner
Poorly constructed sentances and spelling - always spelling!.