Illus CS2 and older versions 1

[nicksims]

Is there any reason to keep older versions of Illustrator on the hard drive? I don't think I need to open older files on the older version.

Just wondering if I am missing some reason to keep my versions 8 and 9 on the hard drive.

thanks
nick

 

[jconingham]

It depends on the user. If you don't see a reason then you probably don't need them.

 

[nicksims]

Just what I needed to know.

Thanks.
Nick

 

[NFAY]

Nick -

Do you also have 10? There was apparently a very large change in the text engine and files made in 10 and before do not work well with CS2 (THAT I can vouch for). So if you have 10 it is probably OK to get rid of 8 and 9 assuming you don't need to keep them for update reasons (that is you bought the update and not the full version so need the older versions on your machine - some programs require several previous versions some not -- I am not sure about Illy).

You might want to do a bit more research on this before deleting

Nikki Fay

http://www.faystudios.com

 

[nicksims]

Thanks Nikki.

I only made it as far as 9.0.2 and then held off on updates for a while. I now have the CS2 suite and loaded the whole puppy. I just ditched the older versions and so far, no problems. At least for one day! And I freed up a chunk of memory to boot.

I know I've seen others who like to open some files in the older versions. I'm not sure why. I haven't had the need to. I was concerned about odd things, kind of like what you mentioned. But the minor text problems I can have would be easily corrected. In general, my worst text problem is recognizing the font and that ususally is because I didn't load the font correctly on the newer computer. So I can say that so far, I have been really happy with the new text features.

Thanks for your advice.
Nick

 

[NFAY]

Glad it is working for you. If you ever have to use someone else's file and it causes a problem you can probably reinstall. Others have and it seems to work.

I started with CS and then CS2 so have no real experience with older versions except for the files of others. I do know that when I open an old file (in this case from Japan and a MAC) I can't do a thing with the text. Sure there are reasons why. Luckily I usually only need the graphics in the file

Nikki Fay

http://www.faystudios.com/illustrator/

Beginning and Intermediate Illustrator Tutorials featuring CS2