Thank you SUV for taking the time to write. I don't think it is related to the version of .ai because I have tried saving it in different versions at no avail. Finally I opened the file in the illustrator and saved it in svg format and that opened in Inkscape. Inkscape could not open the EPS version...

Thank you Ron. But as I mentioned earlier, I work on Mac OS X 10.9.5. I have searched that filename and can't find it on my system. I have also requested Adobe to convert the file to .eps but sadly I get the same error message even with eps extension. I don't know what else to try. I spent an hour w...

I have recently downloaded Inscape and have started working on the graphics for a display. I have purchased a vector graphic file from Adobe Stock with an .ai extension. Inkscape manual says that it is able to import .ai file; however, when I try to do that, I get a message that it cannot open the f...