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  1. 23.0.1 Windows 10. Slow, Black Screens, and continually crashes

    23.0.1 is proving unusable on my system. Continual black screens, pauses, and crashes. I cannot get any work done.

    Win10 Pro 1803 16GB. 64bit. + Nvidia GeForce 210.

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  2. Command-s save reverts back a few steps

    Sometimes saving the document (command-s) causes it to revert a few steps back. WHAT? What is going on with all this weirdness!

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    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. 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.

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator

  3. "Create Outlines" is causing text to move from its original position !

    When outlining text in artwork to send to the printer, the text moves from its original position by a fraction.
    This is catastrophic for finished art purposes.
    Dealing with misaligned print can be hard enough without the file being off from the beginning.

    MacOS Sierra
    10.12.6

    +Latest Illustrator (2019)

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  4. Scrolling mouse wheel over Stroke Weight Bug

    To re create the bug:

    1) Draw a path with the default path tool.
    2) Highlight the path by clicking and dragging across it.
    3) Open the Stroke Panel
    4) Using a mouse that has a scroll wheel (in my case a $20 Logitech mouse), scroll up or down while the mouse pointer is hovering over the number for the stroke weight.
    5) The weight does not change until you go 2 full weights passed the original weight.

    Sometimes the weight will change but what often happens is that the weight must go at least 2 weights before 1 weight…

    2 votes

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  5. Artwork won't display on artboard, but in the layers panel, navigator etc.

    AI 23.0.1 / MacOS 10.14.2

    When an additional file is opened it sometimes shows the content of a previously opened file on the artboard.
    In the layers panel or the navigator the correct content is displayed.
    Also upon undocking the tab the correct content is displayed.
    Only workaround I found so far is restarting AI.

    2 votes

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  6. Can't create bar charts with numbers larger than 2,147,483

    When creating a chart with numbers larger than 2,147,483, the value axis will not render the number positions accurately.

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  7. 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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  8. my illustrator won't start after updated 2018

    I just recently updated the new version, and it got stuck on the start-up. what should I do?

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  9. Cannot change the blending mode when the gradient tool is selected (windows 10, ai 23.0.1)

    Is this a bug or a feature? If this is a feature then it is very uncomfortable.
    In version 22 it was possible to change the blending mode with the gradient tool selected.

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  10. slow choppy zoom on PC

    whether I use the zoom tool or key combo/scroll, zoom in or out takes between about a full second to multiple seconds. makes it very hard to control. this seems to happen regardless of the document complexity. Photoshop and XD zoom well.

    this PC got a fresh Windows 10 install a month ago, then Illustrator was installed for the first time. this has been an issue since then.

    I've tried GPU Performance preference on and off.
    I've uninstalled, cleaned, re-installed Illustrator a few times since then.
    I've reset preferences.

    Illustrator 23.0.1
    Windows 1803 64, Xeon 2 X 2.60 GHz, 256…

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  11. Illustrator WILL NOT display art OR artboards.

    How about making Illustrator useable for starters?
    I pay enough for this service. I have done a full update and restart of my computer, all of my adobe products are up to date, AND I've uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator.
    This is what I get when I open a new document. Show artboards is on. NOTHING comes up despite using ALL of the fixes I can find in your boards.

    I expect a service I drop $700 a year on to actually WORK Adobe.

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  12. MBP 2018 - GPU render, performance extremely slow

    macOS Mojave 10.14.2, Illustrator 23.0.1

    Performance on MBP 2018 (32GB) is extremely low, even on simple compositions. Working with graphic with active effect 'Drop Shadow' is almost impossible. I have feeling like working od PC from 2008. In outline mode works much better.

    On PC (i7 8700, gtx 1060) the same composition works like a charm.

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  13. Missing panels - restarting Illustrator brings them back

    On more than one Mac we have an issue in Illustrator 23.0.1 where some of the panels disappear and we can't get them back without quitting Illustrator and reloading it. Resetting the workspace doesn't work and neither does choosing one of the missing panels from the Windows menu.

    I did also have this on InDesign CC2018 but that has since been fixed in 2019.

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  14. .AI an d XD files not opened by default on Windows 10

    Ashutosh Chaturvedi, sorry but one of your issues is not totally fixed, you have many users who are waiting for an answer for the .ai an wd files wich are supposed to by opened by default by thèse two softwares by double-clicking. This issue is not fixed on Windows 10. Thank you for your time and you answer ASAP.

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    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.

    Before you do that are you manually able to change file association of .ai file to another application say Notepad.exe ? There is another issue with file association going around. Please check this link: https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/microsoft-broke-windows-10s-file-associations-with-a-botched-update/

  15. intro page won't disappear

    Opening Illustrator 2019, I see the intro page with my recent work. I click to open it, and it seems to "think" the document is open - I can see my un-embedded layers panel full - but the intro page won't disappear. I can't close it, the arrow next to the AI icon won't collapse it, and I can't work without quitting the app and trying to reopen again. Does the same thing whether I open from the Finder or from the Intro page. MacPro 2012 (5,1) upgraded CPU and GPU (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - flashed). I realize it's…

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  16. Illustrator refuses to become default program when opening .svg files

    Illustrator refuses to become default program when opening .svg files. I've tried "Open with another program" in the "Open with" context menu option. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I've tried installing 2017. I've tried regedit. It just won't take.

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  17. Adjustments in gradient slider not applying to grouped objects

    When adjusting the gradient slider for a group of objects, only some of the objects are affected by the slider. The rest of the objects don't change. Applies to both linear and radial gradients, but problem more frequent for radial.
    (In screenshot, the lower-right corner shows how some of the objects follow the gradient slider adjustment, but the rest of the objects in the group don't change. Using macOS High Sierra and Illustrator CC v23.0.1.)

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  18. Delay when opening/placing/looking for files.

    illustrator and indesign and photoshop all had little or no delay when 'exiting' the software to find/open/place/import a file. Now there's significant seconds added whenever I do anything, even selecting fonts causes seconds of delay when they used to show up instantaneously. just started Monday with Mojave 10.14.1 update

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  19. Move tool also pans the view

    When ever I move an object the view also moves, it is very disconcerting. Never experienced this before using lower versions.

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  20. Can't change the font in Glyphs

    In Glyphs we can't change the font.

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