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  1. Graphics do not show when document is opened, only in preview

    When I open a document with several artboards that was created in the 2019 edition of Illustrator I can see all images in the preview - but when I open the document there are only empty artboards. How can I avoid recreating all my artwork?
    My Illustrator is updated to the latest edition and the technicians have deleted all previous versions. My computer has 16 GB RAM, x-64 and runs the Windows 10 pro.

    2 votes

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  2. Items cannot be centered in artboard

    I am selecting an artboard. Then selecting my item. When I try to center them using Horizontal/Vertical Align Center, my item completely ignores my artboard (and any other artboard for that matter) and positions itself randomly.

    Version 25.0

    This feature is essential for us since we need to center dozens of icons for export.

    2 votes

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  3. Page size error and wrong ppi

    Hi,

    I have i bog problem.

    1- I want open the print a4 template (Oixel size normaol must be 2480 pixels x 3508 pixels print resolution ) but if i open the template i see always this size
    595 pixels x 842 pixels (screen resolution).
    I chance the ppi to 300 on Rasterize menu. But the page size remains the same.

    I hope you can help me.

    1 vote

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  4. Previews Stop Functioning.

    After Illustrator has been open and multiple files are open on tabs the previews on the artboards stop functioning. Opening new files don't function correctly either.

    2 votes

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  5. Permanent side scroll

    When I start a new file or open an existing file, the artboard side scrolls automatically to it's outermost edge. I cannot work on any file.

    2 votes

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  6. Opening second file will NOT display it, but show first opened document!

    Wow... while having opened one file, Illustrator 25.0.1 does not refresh the screen while opening a second document. Great Adobe!

    Navigator switches the content, but the screen activates the second tab and shows the first file. clever...

    Going to be fixed in early 2031?

    1 vote

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  7. Illustrator artboard turns white and keeps flashing

    Artwork disappears and everything flashes. Everytime I click cursor its happening. But its only happening on my 2018 Macbook pro. I updated to big sur and Illustrator 2021 in the past week.

    1 vote

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  8. MacOS 10.14.6 PDF

    When saving using an existing PDF preset the crop marks offset values have been changed from .25 to .025. And the bleed values have changed from .5 to .05. See screen capture.

    1 vote

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  9. restoring files is NOT working

    I was working on a project and my computer reset on me automatically. After it was done, I tried going back into Illustrator and my work was gone. I have tried restarting the app and my work has not came back! Please help me restore my work!

    1 vote

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  10. Artboards and arrowheads disappear

    Mac OSX 10.13.6 Illustrator 24.0 Creative Cloud
    Opened a file
    strokes with arrowheads to be strokes and artboards that were present when the file was closed to still be there.
    Strokes were dropped to shapes and grouped and the artboards were gone.

    I've seen this before and I can't figure out why it's happening. I have a file that I just worked in a few days ago and now when I open it, all the strokes I had with arrowheads are broken down into a shape for the line and a shape for each arrowhead and then the whole thing…

    1 vote

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  11. grey bar or box

    When the pointer hits certain (very many) points, gray bars or boxes appear as in the attached screen capture, making the operation difficult. Please fix it.

    1 vote

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  12. spostare un qualsiasi oggetto

    Ho appena aggiornato la versione ad Illustrator 25.0, ho aperto un file pdf e risalvato in formato illustrator, peccato che quando voglio spostare un blocco di oggetti o anche uno solo mi dice che non posso perché è IMPOSSIBILE la modifica potrebbe rendere alcuni degli oggetti troppo grandi. Come la risolvo?

    1 vote

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  13. Artboards’ Heights don’t display correctly

    Some artboards are 200px which is correct. Other's that are similar have a width of 200px and a height of +16k. When trying to manually correct the height, it get's visually smaller than 200px.

    Version 25.0

    1 vote

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  14. Stroke weight defaults to 10pts on oversized custom Artboard

    If I create a new document one of the standard sizes, say Letter...then draw and object and apply a stroke...the stroke size defaults to 1pt as it should. However, if I define a new custom oversized artboard, say 500 inches square, then draw and object...when I apply the stroke, the size defaults to 10pts.

    2 votes

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  15. Lineal nach Zeichenflächenänderung von Hoch- zu Querformat nicht angepasst

    Windows 10,
    Illustrator 25.0 (64bit).

    Ich habe ein neues Dokument erstellt in A3. Danach habe ich die Zeichenfläche von Hochformat auf Querformat gestellt, indem ich doppelt auf die Zeichenfläche im Zeichenflächenwerkzeug klicke und das Symbol für Querformat anklicke, danach okay. Die Zeichenfläche wurde gedreht.
    Nun wollte ich Hilfslinien als Rahmen einfügen und habe dazu das Lineal eingeblendet. Ich erwartete, dass das Lineal anzeigt, dass links oben meiner Zeichenfläche sowohl x als auch y 0 ist. Das Lineal hat sich jedoch nicht mitgedreht und die 0 liegt außerhalb meiner Zeichenfläche, nämlich genau dort, wo es länge, wenn die Zeichenfläche im Hochformat…

    1 vote

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  16. Transform panel shows different size from artboard

    Using Illustrator 2021. Artboard is 60 x 60 cm, my illustration shows in the transform panel as 600 x 600cm. Please help. When I change my art in the transform panel to to 60cm it make it 6cm on my artboard.
    Thanks

    1 vote

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  17. Guides not scaling correctly on copy/paste into large canvas

    If I copy a 5"x5" rectangle from a regular document and paste it to a large canvas document, it remains 5"x5", as expected.

    However, if I convert the same shape to a guide and then copy it from a regular document to a large canvas document, the guide becomes 50"x50". This really makes things difficult when copying guides and artwork together into a large canvas.

    2 votes

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  18. Freezing when selecting multiple artboards

    Windows 10 Ver.2004 (build 19041.421)
    Illustrator Ver 24.2.1

    1. Make multiple artboards
    2. Select two artboards

    This operation freezes the operation of Illustrator.

    This problem does not occur in Ver.23.1 and 22.1.

    1 vote

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  19. Alignement of neighboring objects

    Hi, when I used to move my objects on artboard, there used to be lanes and alignments automatically showing me when two objects on the artboard are in alignment with a green line. However, I can't see that feature anymore, it just happened since yesterday. very frustrating. Is this a bug, or is this due to some settings issue?

    1 vote

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  20. Window not showing

    From the Finder (MacOS X 10.15.4), I open a n illustrator Document. The app comes forward and I see a black screen. The "Window" menu tells me that the document is open BUT where? I don't see it (nope, I don't have a second monitor). Close the invisible window and the Window menu shows nothing open. Try again, from the finder and again, no windows look opened. Try from Illustrator, File/Open: same thing, another fail. Quit app, relaunch app by launching doc from the Finder. now the file opens as it should. Close file, try again. Back to the black…

    3 votes

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