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  1. Can't open any files.

    Illustrator won't open any files at all. Every time I try to open one (doesn't matter what file type) it causes the program to turn unresponsive.

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  2. Objects not displaying in the right place?

    I've been encountering lots of stuff like this, usually restarting the app will fix it. This time a closed the doc, re-opened and this was still happening...

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  3. copy and paste at original position fails from time to time

    I love the to copy and paste object at same position in an other artboard.

    1. macOS High Sierra + latest Illustrator
    2. copy, select artboard paste at same position 3 appears in selected artboard at same position 4 copy and pastes somewheere else – not in that artboard
    11 votes

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  4. Keyboard arrows when typing in the Text Tool

    When typing within the text tool, my keyboard arrow keys fail to move the cursor between chars.

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  5. Dropbox Smart Sync Enhancement (bug still here)

    If you use Dropbox Smart Sync, when you browse files in Dropbox folders to find an open/save location, Adobe softwares (AI, PS, Acrobat...) download automatically all the files in folders you are browsing !

    It's said in the Adobe blog that Adobe dev team made an improvement in the march 2018 release (https://theblog.adobe.com/introducing-march-release-illustrator-cc/).
    But we still have the issue on several macbooks at work. It's really boring.

    1 vote

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  6. Revolve Effect - Object Appearance Error "CANT"

    Windows 10 Home - 64bit.
    Illustrator CC18. 22.1

    When selecting Effects> Revolve on an object (a semi-circle) I get the error:

    "The operation cannot be completed because of an unknown error. [CANT]"
    Followed by another dialogue box:
    "An error occurred while processing the appearance of an object."

    What's going on here?

    5 votes

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  7. Workspace on start up gathers to home screen instead of second screen!

    Saved custom Workspace on start up gathers to home screen instead of second screen! This has only happened since the release of Illustrator 2019 - which has been the buggiest illustrator I've dealt with - horrible results to simple functionality that has never had problems in the past. very disappointed.

    2 votes

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  8. Art file and screen?

    When i open a art file the screen is black and the art work is locked?!

    2 votes

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  9. Outline preview bug

    After updating to the two latest versions of Nvidias Drivers on my laptop Outline Preview does not work at all in Illustrator.
    I tried to reinstall Illustrator, reinstall Nvidia drivers but nothing works.

    The only solution right now is to switch to the integrated graphics Intek HD Graphics 530. But the performance is so much slower with this card :(

    Illustrator version:
    2017.1.0 Release (21.1.0 Release (64-bit)

    Graphics card:
    Nvidia Quadro M1000M

    Nvidia driver version:
    Quadro Desktop / Quadro Notebook Driver Release 384.
    Version: 385.69

    Hardware:
    Dell Precision 5510 laptop

    Platform:
    Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit

    75 votes

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  10. Allow a custom swatch palette to be the AI default without using "Legacy File>New"

    Unless I've missed something, it is not possible to use a custom swatch palette as the AI default for all new documents without using the "Use Legacy File>New" feature. No matter what I tried, I couldn't get my custom palette to be the default. Using the standard (non-Legacy) new document feature, I always have to navigate down through the menu to choose my custom swatches, and then it only applies to that one new document. About 99% of what I do is spot color artwork for silkscreen printing, so the AI default CMYK swatch palette is useless to me.

    2 votes

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  11. Rotation tool

    Rotation tool is not developed. It should have been a default value. I can't find the zero angle.

    3 votes

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  12. Gradient mesh points and handles dissapearing

    Illustrator 23.0.1 Windows 10

    Points and handles of gradient meshes sometimes disappear if i draw a another object, like a rectangle, near or over them.

    Points stay selectable but are not highlighted. If I move them with the Keyboard, they reappear!

    2 votes

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  13. 13 votes

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    Hi, Thanks for reporting this issue. Unfortunately we are not able to reproduce this issue. Could you please provide a video, test file or steps of the workflow with which you are facing this issue and share with us. Kindly share the above with us in a Zip file at sharewithai@adobe.com . Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail. Thanks & Regards, Ankit Goyal Illustrator Team
  14. gradients dont appear when copying and pasting artwork from illustrator to indesign

    gradients dont appear when copying and pasting artwork from illustrator to indesign in the newest update - it worked perfectly last week before the update

    3 votes

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  15. Illustrator cc2019(v23.0)

    環境設定でテキストオブジェクトの選択範囲をパスに制限にチェックを入れると、選択範囲がシビアすぎて全く選択できません。
    これまでのバージョンはパスの近くをクリックすると選択できました。
    選択できる範囲をこれまでのように戻してください。

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  16. Microsoft Surface pro 5 pen + Adobe illustrator cc2018 pen tool issues

    Hello..

    I installed Adobe CC 2018 and some other softwares on Miscrosoft Surface Pro 5.

    But, I found an issues in the Adobe Illustrator cc2018 and cc2017 when I used a surface pro 5 pen + "pen tool", it is often unable to click. This issues sometime also occurs when using surface pro 5 pen + the "brush tool" and "hand tool".
    But somehow, when using a mouse, everything becomes normal.

    Then I tried to use the surface pro pen on Adobe Photoshop + pen tool, and it's all normal.
    Even I also tried in Adobe Illustrator CS6, the surface…

    3 votes

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  17. (signo precaución) No se pudo leer el archivo debido a un error

    Cuando coloco algunas imágenes (JPG, JPEG, etc.) Me aparece el mensaje escrito en el título "No se pudo leer el archivo debido a un error". Qué pasa!!, no entiendo? ayuda por favor, necesitó trabajar con las imágenes que no me permite abrir AI.

    Lo peor es que no solo me pasa con AI, también con PSD

    5 votes

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  18. 3d extrude and bevel problem

    I am using windows 10 and Illustrator wont do a 3d extrude or bevel and says not enough memory when there us enough memory.

    2 votes

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  19. Distort objects using an envelope does not work

    Working on iMac with Ai 2019.
    The Envelope Distort tool gives this message:
    The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error.
    Will not even work on a simple rectangle, or by selecting two simple rectangles.

    2 votes

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  20. The rotate tool seems to have disappeared from the toolbox overnight.

    The rotate tool seems to have disappeared from the toolbox. It's normally next to the scale tool & paired with the reflect tool but it's not there now. When i click on the 3 dots at the base of the toolbox it says its with the scale tool. When i click on the little triangle to open this tool to see the other tools it's paired with, it's unresponsive.

    1. iMac. Mac OS Sierra.
      I updated Illustrator to 23.0.1 yesterday. The rotate tool was there after the update.

    2. Opened file i was working on yesterday & went to click on the…

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