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  1. ALIGN not working correctly in Illustrator 23.0.3

    Ever since the latest update for Illustrator (23.0.3) Align does not work correctly. I've got 3 items selected; I click on the Align tab; use the "Align to" dropdown box and select "Align to Selection"; then click the "Horizontal Distribute Space" icon - but it distributes it across the page instead of just the THREE ITEMS I've selected.
    I've noticed other align issues over the last week or so but cannot give details like I did above because today I stopped my work so I can come out here an list my problem.
    There are so many bugs and issue…

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  2. crashing while working every day

    crashing while working every time?

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  3. ILLUSTRATOR IS BROKEN GARBAGE

    First of all this bug reporting website is horendious, and I expect nothing less from Adobe who make products that should put them out of business.
    Right now in Illustrator 2019 I cannot change the size of a font without stroke appearing on the text, if I turn the stroke off, the font shrinks in size again, now I'm here wasting my precious time typing out the stupidest problem imaginable. Another thing, I have absolutely no idea why when i click the type tool to the artboard there is text that appears automatically... is the paradigm of a blinking cursor…

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  4. Bug: Stroke color with 0pt width causes a switch to "outline" view.

    When I have a path with a stroke of 0pt and I try to apply color, it will switch to "outline" view and won't allow me to go back to "GPU Preview", tell me something like "Can't render preview".
    The only way to bypass the bug, is to save the file, close Illustrator, open it again and voila everything works.

    Unfortunatelly, I can't reproduce the bug right now.

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    Apply a stroke color to a 0 pt stroke should increase the stroke to 1 pt.
    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

  5. Old versions of files are opening with gradients as solid black

    On newest version of AI, old files are opening with gradients as solid black

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  6. Chashing

    My 2019 illustrator crashes all the time. I can't do any work.

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  7. Using Image Trace from Properties panel no longer works

    Using Image Trace from Properties panel no longer works after update to 23.0.3 working on MAC OSX 10.14.3

    Only way to get it to work is from Object > image trace

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  8. Save error with embedded PDF (Unknown error occurred)

    Just updated CC to latest version on my MacBookPro 2017, and now I am unable to save a ill document which contains an embedded PDF inside. PDF was created from a scan on a Xerox WorkCentre 7855.

    PS: Why can't I copy content from file info in file Properties? That is just dumb!

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  9. Drop Shadow modal will not load, for new or existing shadows, crashes Illustrator CC 23.0.2

    Drop Shadow menu will not load upon trying to apply a new drop shadow, or edit existing drop shadows. Software drops to 0% CPU, and software will not respond to any inputs. requiring me to close Illustrator via Task Manager.

    Windows 10 using Illustrator CC 23.0.2 & 23.0.1 & 23.0 & 22.1

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  10. AI smartobject doesn't open from Photoshop

    This is an old bug THAT IS BACK!!! Double clicking an AI smart object in photoshop opens Illuistrator but it doesn't open the object. You have to close Illustrator completely and do it over again until it works.

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  11. Illustrator problem

    This is not ethical. I know that. But I want to publish this video. Just explain to me why these problems are caused. I've never seen any logical explanations until this time. And that makes me sad.
    Illustrator is very clumsy, slow, has bad performance, interface bad and exhausting.
    Example, I can't easily apply effects on an object or text. Restricts me with everything. These are very simple and the features that should be. I'm sure a lot of people think that.

    Affinity is small size, more practical and user-friendly, faster and cheaper.
    Many of your competitors come up with…

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  12. Color panel problem.

    Mac OS 10.14.3
    Illustrator CC V23.0.2

    The panel display default is the spectrum, even when I specifically select CMYK (or RGB for that matter) unless "Show Options" is selected. Color values should be the default. Can this be fixed?

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  13. Scaling object by clicking corner of object

    Scaling objects by clicking on a corner of object doesn't work anymore, version 2019 23.0.1?

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  14. Illustrator crashes when I print ink separations as a PDF

    Illustrator crashes when I attempt to print ink separations as a PDF. It never used to do this, but now it does. What can be done to fix this?

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  15. Mysterious Panel on Startup

    Running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G5019), and Adobe Illustrator CC 23.0.2
    On startup I expect to have the last used workspace but I get this seemingly empty UI panel.

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    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

  16. No display of document when opened in ADOBE.

    Document does not display when I scan to computer and then open it. However, when I've attached to an email, I can open and view it. I have a Lenovo, so its not just a MAC issue

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  17. Color Gray printing as brown when saving from Illustrator CC v23.0.2 to CS4

    MacOS Mojave v10.14.4 & Illustrator CC v23.0.2
    When saving a file from Illustrator CC v23.0.2 to CS4 the gray colors print as brown but if I save the file as the current Illustrator CC v23.0.2 it prints as gray as it should. It is a CMYK document with only K values. Discovered this from printing an older document created 08/2019 then printing the new document. The old document was also saved from the version at that date to CS4 but the new document saving to CS4 printed as brown not gray.

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  18. When copying/pasting an item(s) the color saturates

    BUG! When copying and pasting shapes/images/etc in illustrator the colors over saturate (see my example ) In the example its very clearly over saturating the red and yellow color as well as the images. PLEASE FIX!!!

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  19. Stop automatically changing RGB files to grayscale when working with colors

    Illustrator takes an RGB file and converts it to grayscale when changing the color of paths. For example- in an RGB file I change a path to red. Illustrator turns the path gray and converts the file to grayscale. I then have to convert the file back to RGB in order for the path to show as red.

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  20. Swatches off screen

    Since the latest update, if I click the swatches icon in the top left menu, the panel appears but cuts off 2-3 colors on the left side offscreen. Please fix!

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