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  1. export/save as sRGB png including icc profile

    Why is it not possible to export/save an illustration as a png image with the sRGB profile included just the same way as it is possible for jpg images? The difference is obvious when viewing the png image in Firefox (in Safari and Chrome the colors appear correctly).
     
    The easiest workaround for this problem that I could find is to produce a png image with illustrator and assign the sRGB profile afterwards in Apple Preview.
    Is there another way to achieve this result  in one step within Illustrator? Just checking the 'convert to sRGB' option does not seem to…

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  2. colored paper no transparent PNG

    If I simulate colored paper for my canvas background I cannot export transparent PNGs anymore. This worked before just fine and I always used this technique to be able to work with white surfaces on a "invisible" colored background. When I link the Ai into Photoshop it ignores the background as it certainly should.

    The weirdest part about it is, that the PNG always has white background (custom background is off) in the export window despite my colored paper being white at all! As soon as I deactivate colored paper simulation, the PNG can be exported transparent again.

    I'm a…

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  3. Embedding illustrator files creates bigger artwork than original

    I use a lot old (or not that old) artwork into some new client jobs (eg: a logo or a background for a new project for consistency purposes) and sometimes embedding prior illustrator files in illustrator creates bigger artwork than original. (when I mean bigger is size i'm talking about. eg.: a square in original file was 10x10mm and when embedded gets 13x13mm)

    It happens only when embedding and the only workaround is using flatten transparency.

    I still don't know what exactly triggers this issue as it happens with seemingly random files.

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  4. Multiple artboards saved as AI. But opens as a PDF

    Multiple artboards saved as AI. But opens as a PDF.

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  5. Diagrams pasted from excel (office 365 version) to adobe illustrator on MAC cannot show correct font of numbers and characters

    It seems that the original version of excel (such as office 2013 and office 2016) do not have this problem. However, diagrams pasted from excel to clipboard is correct. So there may be some problem in transfering diagrams from latest excel version.

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  6. Export for Screen Window not closing after export

    Hello, I am currently running a windows 8 and Adobe Illustrator 23.0.6

    I tried to export multiple files to Creative Cloud Storage through the export to screens menu.

    I expected the export to screens menu to close automatically after exporting the images.

    However this resulted in the export to screens menu remaining on the screen and preventing me from clicking off it. Currently the only way to get rid of this menu is to close down the whole program and restart it.

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  7. SVG properties settings reset with software update

    We use custom settings in the SVG properties window when we save images as SVGs. When I install an illustrator update, it wipes out my custom settings and replaces them with the default settings.

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  8. Fix bug that does not allow to read and connect links to files or webpages when converting to PDF.

    Please Fix bug that does not allow to read and connect links to files or webpages when converting to PDF. In previous version there was no problem with this.

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  9. Id: -5000, will not let me save any documents

    adobe won't let me save anything. I've had my account for months and I've been a paying customer for the last 3 months or so. I haven't been able to save one file yet
    PLEASE HELP

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  10. Saving switches a layer back on

    When saving in Illustrator 2019 a layer that was switched off becomes visible again. Only a minor problem I guess, but is part of a growing list of things that don't work in the latest version.

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  11. No Response when saving/printing files

    Every time I attempt to save a file in Illustrator or Photoshop the system (Windows 10) hangs and shows 'no response'. It clears itself after a couple of minutes and then works normally. It will hang like this while I am printing as well. Our Level 1 tech has not been able to find the problem and it is becoming frustrating when attempting to work on a project. I have uninstalled and re-installed the programs twice as well as reinstalling the operating system to no effect. I have also tried rolling back to an earlier version which also has no…

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  12. Default saving SVGs to profile 1.1 Tiny

    We develop an image set of currently 42,000 SVG files for our software.
    It is important that the file format is 1.1 Tiny, not 1.1.
    When creating and editing files illustrator keeps resetting to 1.1 in the save dialogue. Also when I open a file, edit and click save, sometimes it is also saves as 1.1. This is causing lots of problems.
    Is there or can you add a way to make the 1.1 tiny profile default? or even remove the other profiles completely?

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  13. BUG- Illustrator crashing at least once a day- usually when saving a normalized pdf

    Use illustrator to apply art to Artios files- save file as normalized pdf, and it crashes almost every time it is saving. Have to restart. Recent files are not up to date, at least 5 day lag. Illustrator also very slow to open files.

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  14. Relink error

    Illustrator 2019 gives an error, more often than not, when re-linking a graphic.
    It has always been a buggy application, but this version is ridiculous – it is so unusable that I am looking around for alternatives

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  15. Imported eps fonts are wrong

    Imported eps fonts are wrong in Illustrator CC 2019 (and also at all other previous versions)
    OS - Windows 7 64bit
    - I export a figure from Matlab with predefined font name (Arial) but Illustrator consistently opens it as Helvetika.
    When the image is opened in Acrobat the font is actually Arial.
    See the attached figure for the bug. The same image opened in actobat / illustrator.

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  16. Bug in pasting of metafile data from clipboard

    Illustrator misinterprets data from a image exported to the clipboard as metafile. It inverses color of certain parts of the image after paste.
    This problem is occurring in Creative Cloud CC2018 and CC2019. It is a bug that has been present in many previous versions of the Adobe suite, at least since CS6.
    Running Windows 10 pro 1903 (18362.239)
    The effect of the bug is demonstrated in the attached Word file.

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  17. Illustrator is Saving files as a PDF by default.

    Illustrator has been saving some of my large files as PDFs rather than Illustrator files (when I am just pressing Cmd+S) and the file is definitely not a PDF to begin with. This is frustrating because anything outside of the artboard is no longer in the file, the file must be opened as individual artworks, and all of the text is saved as individual letters in cases where text is typed along a path, or it's saved as individual words.

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  18. Save Default Folder not adjustable

    Im missing a save settings option to set a default saving folder. if anybody had the same problem and was able to find a way-text me!

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  19. "Recent files" shows the thumbnail of a password protected PDF file.

    I expect to not see the thumbnail of a password protected file. Maybe just have a lock image like in the OS?

    Mac 10.13.6, AI 22.0.1

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  20. File Names Fail To Save with Fullstops

    If a file name, entered in the New Document modal, has fullstops in the name in the beginning of the string, for example, a date " 19.07.11 Web Banner.ai " the user will find, when they go to save the file that the filename will not be saved as it was entered.

    No characters after the 2nd full stop will be shown, forcing the user to type out the entire string again.

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