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  1. copying graphs from Excel

    It stopped pasting copied graphs from excel. The message is 'The operation cannot complete becaues of an unknown error.

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  2. Undo Button Stops Working

    When using the pen tool, if I move the object or try to undo an incorrect anchor placement I cannot undo what I've done by using keyboard commands or Edit > Undo

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  3. outline - filled shape bug

    If I fill the new shape with color it doesn´t really work. I get a straight outline istead of a curve. Additionally there is a difference between outline view and colored view.

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  4. Link location mistaken for other document's link location

    When opening a specific document, links are found missing.

    When I open the document nevertheless, click on a link and check the location, the path it shows is one that was used in a previously opened, unrelated document.

    When my colleague opens the document on her computer, everything is fine.

    2 votes

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  5. Better Customer Service & Chat

    Having reps that actually help find solutions instead of jumping to reset all preferences and reinstall programs.

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  6. Strokes on text container disappear with transform effect.

    https://forums.adobe.com/message/9763703#9763703

    Create a text box.
    Deselect it.
    Direct select the container path.
    Give it a stroke.
    Select the text box and apply the Tansform effect.
    Stroke disappears.
    Delete the Transform effect.
    Stroke appears.

    3 votes

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  7. Stock Single Action Download?

    There's no forum for Stock Photos so I decided to post here - Why is downloading an Adobe Stock image not at least a double-action before downloading? I went to see more of a photo, miss-clicked and before I could stop it, the image started downloading and I was minus one image credit for an image I can't use. Tech support told me they would issue a "one-time" image credit, but this reeks of opportunism. If the system had simply asked me if I was sure I wanted to download I would have declined, but it started automatically on an…

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  8. Failed SVG 1.1 Import/Export in Illustrator CC 21.1.0 (Win)

    1. Isolate Blending sets to default mode on all fonts when importing SVG-files to Illustrator and cause ”bitmap fonts” on printed paper in web browsers for Windows with embedded fonts from exported PDF-files from Illustrator.

    2. Transform lines ignored in SVG-Import in Illustrator from scaled Graphic/Movie Clip from Animate CC 16.5.1.104 (Win).
      <g transform="matrix( 0.25, 0, 0, 0.25, 0, 0) "></g>

    3. Tracking text failed and ignored in SVG-Import and Export in Illustrator (SVG-Export from Animate).
      <text letter-spacing=”0.1”</text>

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  9. Bounding box does not rotate correctly with certain elements

    If you take two lines and make an X shape and group it, when rotating this shape (say 30%), the bounding box resets to straight up and down (as opposed to rotating with the X shape) so any further scaling of this shape will be off. In this case, the X will become asymmetrical with any further scaling. This is a new bug as previously versions of Illustrator kept the bounding box oriented as it was originally.

    This is on a Mac with the latest Illustrator CC.

    2 votes

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  10. pathfinder minus front releases compound shapes from their compoundedness except when the compound is a negative space.

    pathfinder minus front releases compound shapes from their compoundedness except when the compound is a negative space.

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  11. Application crash when copy/pasting SVG paths

    I have several logos that were created in Inkscape and saved in SVG format that I now need to edit in Illustrator. However even after re-saving them as AI files, any attempt to copy/paste any part of the SVG paths from the logo results in an immediate application crash.

    Adobe Illustrator CC (latest) Windows 10 64bit

    Steps:
    1. Open the attached AI file (which was converted from SVG by opening then saving in Illustrator).
    2. Select any part of the logo.
    3. Copy using Edit -> Copy or CTRL+C
    4. Paste using Edit -> Paste or CTRL+V
    5. The application…

    2 votes

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  12. Fonts Slow EVERYTHING Down

    Fonts are the slowest feature in programs from MS Office to Adobe. This problem just caused me to lose work because AI shut down while trying to figure out how to manage a standard font with which I was working. Thanks for nothing AI and your simpleton font generators. You're fired.

    3 votes

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  13. Zoom artefact

    Illustrator 21.1.0

    When I use a very high zoom (25 500 %), paths appear distorded or even disappear.

    It happens when GPU rendering is off as well as when it's on.

    3 votes

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  14. Input boxes handle keypresses inconsistently

    This is an intermittent bug.

    When typing in input boxes I find that performance can be inconsistent. Sometimes, the cursor will jump to the end of the string inside the box, so I end up appending after the unit (e.g. "406 px+7"), which then errors.

    Another example is the input box just not inserting characters at all. It seems especially prone to missing arithmetic characters such as + or - or /. For example, I meant to type "300+100 px" but instead it ignores the plus and displays "300100 px", which then error because it's too big.

    I've attached a…

    1 vote

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  15. Unintelligible editing of objects with multiple fill and clipping path modes.

    1. Ai 21.1.0 Disappearing of additional filling in the mode clipping path. Clipping path und disappearing more fill in appearance object. In the attachment file with the example.

    Preview:
    1. screenschot - https://cl.ly/1g2Y3o281I13
    2. video - https://cl.ly/3D28070l060S
    3. ai file - https://cl.ly/2A2K2D2Z2E0f

    Best Regards.

    2 votes

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  16. exporting svg

    Hi,
    I use Illustrator CC 2017 21.1.0.
    When exporting an illustrator document to svg 1.2 tiny and open in Dreamweaver CC2017 or another editor I receive an error on the Illustrator metadata / namespaces like:

    <!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 21.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0) -->
    <!DOCTYPE svg [
    <!ENTITY nsextend "http://ns.adobe.com/Extensibility/1.0/">
    <!ENTITY ns
    ai "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeIllustrator/10.0/">
    <!ENTITY nsgraphs "http://ns.adobe.com/Graphs/1.0/">
    <!ENTITY ns
    vars "http://ns.adobe.com/Variables/1.0/">
    <!ENTITY nsimrep "http://ns.adobe.com/ImageReplacement/1.0/">
    <!ENTITY ns
    sfw "http://ns.adobe.com/SaveForWeb/1.0/">
    <!ENTITY nscustom "http://ns.adobe.com/GenericCustomNamespace/1.0/">
    <!ENTITY ns
    adobe_xpath "http://ns.adobe.com/XPath/1.0/">
    ]>

    I have exported with the following…

    2 votes

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    I am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
    Please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.

    Thanks
    Anish Kumar
    Illustrator Team

  17. Creative Cloud Libraries

    1. System Windows 7 PC. (newest Updates)
    2. Adobe Illustrator CC 2017 (newest Update)
    3. Open CC Libraries. (Window Menu or Icon)
    4. Open CC Libraries without any issues.
    5. The CC Librarie appears on the left side too and when you hover over this area it removes the panel step by step (The original Panel on the right works normal, the panel that appears on the left is just an "image" bug i don't know.
    6. I uploaded a screenshot what happen when i click on the CC Libraries Icon.
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  18. Submenu don't work

    1. Illustrator CC 2017.1.0 (64bit)
      Windows 8.1 2013 microsoft
      Asus 64x

    2. Ctl + N or File> New Document

    3. creation of a new document

    4. does not work nothing happend

    And no drop down menu for the Tools are visible :
    - Direct selection (A)
    - Pen (P)
    -Text (T)
    - Stroke (Maj+ T)
    - Rectangle (M)
    - P
    - Maj + N
    - Maj + E
    -... all with a sub menu

    No tools are visible

    1 vote

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    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Hope you have upgraded to new version and if you are still facing this issue, 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.

  19. Crashes on "Cancel" in Keyboard Shortcuts Window

    1. Illustrator CC 2017 (21.1.0)
    2. Pressed "Cancel" in the Keyboard Shortcuts window.
    3. Expected Keyboard Shortcuts window to close without saving changes.
    4. Illustrator crashes

    No plugins installed.

    Removing preferences resolves the bug, but something in the process of re-setting my preferences makes the bug return.

    Please let me know if you require further information.

    1 vote

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    Hi,
    We are pleased to inform you that your request is available in the latest release of Illustrator version 22.0.
    Visit your Adobe Creative Cloud Application and update. If you do not see an update on the application please check for update from the flyout options on the application after clicking on three vertical dots. For step by step process please visit: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/download-install-app.html#Checkforupdates

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
    Adobe. Make It an Experience.

  20. grabbing tiny things

    BUG!!!!! not a new idea quit trying to shirk responsibility by calling flaws "new ideas!" It feels like im dealing with a con man or something

    you cannot grab menus and move them because you made no place to grab so you have to close it just to move !

    the 4 bezier curve tools use to be easy to to expand to a tear off then you made it a little harder because you had to grab the top of the bar, then you made it harder by putting the tiny little grabber bar an inch away and even…

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