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  1. Objects missing when exporting JPEG

    Objects/vectors on my art board are missing when exporting file to jpeg. Issue started happening in new Ai 2020 update.

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  2. Export for screen file name not working

    So, I am using Illustrator 25.0 on a Mac 10.15.7 and when I want to export artboards through export for screen menu, the output file only contains the artboard name. The file name is missing (as prefix).

    The process is:
    1. I create a document.
    2. Draw a rectangle (or anything) in artboard named 'rectangle'.
    3. Save it anywhere as 'test.ai'
    4. Export the artboard using export for screen as a JPG, with default settings — Ai won't show any file name.
    5. The exported file is named rectangle.jpg instead of test-rectangle.jpg

    In older versions the exported artboard used to…

    1 vote

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  3. 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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  4. Copy-pasted text don’t show ö,ü,ä,õ letters

    If I copy "täpitähed" (or whatever text with those letters in) it gives messy text where öüäõ letters are not seen at all. It worked nicely before... but now sometime it becomes this messy paste. Can you please fix it!

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  5. Align to dropdown not working

    Version: 24.3 (64-bit)

    Expected behaviour: Change the 'Align to' dropdown between 'Selection' and 'Artboard'

    Actual behaviour: The 'Align to' dropdown in the Align panel only updates when multiple objects are selected.

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  6. My knife tool is missing

    The knife tool has been below the scissors before, but now its gone ... Why?
    (see image below)

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    The tool is still there, but he team decided to hide the Knife tool from the Basic toolbar, based on the usage statistics, aiming to reduce clutter for new users.

    You can still access it. There are two options:

    1. Go to Window > Toolbars and pick Advanced, to view the classic tool layout, including all plugin tools added.

    2. Press Edit Toolbar button at the bottom of your current toolbar (with three dots), find the Knife there (it’s the last one in the Modify section), and drag it into the panel in the slot you find fitting (be careful not to insert it into a tool-group by mistake, it’s a tight wiggle).

  7. Accessing onedrive files

    We store all our art files on onedrive. I am unable to import or access illustrator files from our onedrive. Would love to be able to open, edit and re-save to make in the moment adjustments. Or am I doing something wrong?

    1 vote

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  8. コピー&ペーストできない

    「別名で保存」を新規フォルダの中にするとき、ファイル名をコピーし、「新規フォルダ」を選択。
    その「新規フォルダ」の名称として先にコピーしたファイル名をペーストすることができない。(もちろん拡張子は抜いてです)

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  9. Problem with Direct selections (A) - Clicking on the patch does not mark the object

    Hi,
    something has changed in Illustrator updates.

    I understand that an object nested / masked in an object should not be editable with the Selections Tool (V) from the main object level. Yes, and that's good.

    But definitely NOT when use tool (A). This is a different work scope situation in Illustrator when working with the Direct Selections Tool (A).
    Then each track visible in the Outline view should be selectable.

    This has made the job a lot more complicated now when I want to select objects inside a crop and edit their properties or shape.

    Unwanted change in illustrator…

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  10. 3D Revolve Clipping

    3D Revolve is clipping the front faces. I can get the faces to appear when the object is in a different rotation, when it object is parallel with the view. I've tried this with both a normal path and a compound path.

    I think the plane the 3D object is being rendered to is too far forward.

    3 votes

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  11. illustrator does not show my printer automatically

    I have been using illustrator more than 3 years. After the last update, Illustrator does not show me the default printer in the computer when I command "print". I tries to save the file as PostScript file. I completely deleted the illustrator and all the adobe files and re-installed them back, but it didn't get fixed. I have several illustrator in several computers, and only one of them has this problem. Is there any solution for that?

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  12. Copy / paste not working - breaks text formatting and usually drops any vector content as well.

    Copy / paste not working - breaks text formatting and usually drops any vector content as well. This happens whether the copy/paste is within one Illustrator file or between two. VERY frustrating. I've found that I can occasionally get it to work by copying and pasting within the same document (everything must be grouped as one), and if it is successful, quickly copy the pasted version and then it might paste into the other Illustrator file.

    Solution from support was to downgrade from 24.4 to 24.01. This seems to have done the trick - but now I can't allow CC…

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  13. Can't Select Center Point of Symbol to Drag

    After the latest update, I'm unable to drag symbols from their center point.

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  14. Layer colors changes on download from Creative Cloud

    After downloading an illustrator cloud document to my desktop, the resulting file has the wrong layer colors. The colors appear to change to the default order; blue, red, green, etc.

    We have our artwork on the second layer, which changes to red, and red is a terrible color for anchor points against artwork. Also, our translator uses color coded layers for different languages, and we really don't want to have to change them all back.

    This bug appears to be the same as the bug that occurred when files prior to 24.0 were saved in 24.0 (before that bug was…

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  15. Not being able to grab smaller objects

    I don't know exactly when this changed but I noticed how system has a much lower grabbable distance around things. I end up toggling a lot between the outline view ctrl+Y and selecting things that way which is not efficient.
    we always have a lot of fills and effects, so when I try to grab things I'm always grabbing shadows that are so much larger than the line it came from so I have to use it a lot. This didnt use to happen before with older versions, can this be improved for future upgrades?

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  16. Shortcut keys not shown or working for items in Objects menu and in other menus.

    Many but not all shortcut keys are not shown in the Object menu or operate as in previous version! This is a major setback for my type of work. Can't quickly Group/Ungroup, Zoom, UNDO, Copy,Paste,stacking order, other functions. Browsing the menus shows only a few shortcut keys. Same in all workspaces. Please put them back as in the previous version!

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  17. unknown problem when opening the program

    it appears an unknown problem when i start up adobe illustrator

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  18. "Tab" key shortcut not working properly in Illustrator 2021

    When you hit the Tab key the panels disappear leaving the control panel and menu bar at the top. This part works fine. However, when you hover over the side to make either side panel reappear, they reappear UNDER the work area, not on top of it as usual. You can see the very edges of the panels sliding in and out under the work area making the feature useless.

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  19. search of object is not working anymore

    The tittle is very explicit.

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  20. Find Font Window doesn't draw properly in a file with a missing font

    When I click on Type->Find Font... in a file that has a missing font, the Find Font window doesn't draw properly.

    However, when I open the find font window in a new file, it draws properly.

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