Could someone look into an .ai file for me?

[Prosperi-Tees]

It of course is saying it is compressed. How do you uncompress it?

[Hegemone]

I am not sure I understand and the is no linked file?

[Frog]

I think that you need to open it in a version of Illy at least as recent as the one in which it was created.

[Hegemone]

That's not always the case. I have CS 3 and get a warning that the file was created in a newer version do you want to open. Some times there are little issues but not a compressing warning. I was thinking you wanted someone to open a file and see what was up. My bad.

[screenxpress]

So.  Where is this file?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Sorry was at dinner with my wife celebrating our 3 year anniversary! I am stuffed!

[royster13]

Whoever saved it did not embed the image it is supposed to have....

[Prosperi-Tees]

They also sent this PDF but I asked for an .ai file because the pdf contained a 44dpi bitmap assuming they knew what they were doing.

[royster13]

Was this supposed to be a "print ready" file?....

[Chadwick]

Beat me to it..I'll look at the pdf.
I imported the file into PS. Greyscale 600dpi.
Looks like this, of course at 8 1/2 x 11.
It won't go into Corel cause of compression, and my ver of Illy is old as dirt.
* spelling

[Prosperi-Tees]

They are a drama class. I thought the teacher knew what he was doing but obviously not. And these people don't like paying art fees, ughhhh.

[Chadwick]

Well, I get worse crap everyday, multiple times.
The PDF is fine, but, I'm a bastard so I highlighted the best parts.
You should be able to import the pdf into whatever you want and edit it.
I used Corel, cause that's how I roll.
Here's a pic, with me scribblin on it.

[royster13]

What colour ink on what colour shirt?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Lol. White discharge on black shirts.
44 dpi, wow.

[screenxpress]

I'm never surprised anymore. 

You tell someone you'd like a vector file and they put a raster image on a vector canvas and cannot understand why you can't print it. 

Come on, you're the printer.  "What could possibly be wrong?  I did what you asked for."

That file, not that it matters, was created in AI CS5.  Won't do the image any help even if you opened it in CS5.