Hitting "enter" key when specifying page range of 'Save to PDF' on mac broken
Running AI on Mac 10.13.6 with AI 22.1.
On all programs, when a dialog box is 'highlighted' you can hit 'enter' which will do that action. There is a new bug on save to PDF on Mac at least. Should be very easy to fix guys!
When you Save as PDF, and you have a multi-artboard file - if you want to save out a couple of the pages to PDF, you click 'Range' and type the page range, ie. 2-3. Usually I would always do this and then hit enter, as there is no point picking up the mouse.
However, if you hit enter, a) it doesn't appear to do anything. So then if you click 'Save', it will save a PDF with ALL the pages/artboards in it - even though range shows just 2-2 for example.
So if you hit enter by mistake, you have to reset it, by clicking 'All', then 'Range' again, then enter your range and click 'Save' with your mouse, not hitting 'enter'.
Easy fix that needs to be made as this is very annoying.
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Justin Penner
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This bug has also mystified me for a long time. It seemed to appear randomly, but I've finally figured out how to reliably reproduce it.
The issue is in the behaviour of the text field where you enter the page range in the File > Save a Copy dialog. If your last save used a page range, Illustrator remembers that setting. So if you then edit the page range field and press Enter, the field *turns grey*, and you can then press Enter again to Save. This will always result in an incorrect PDF containing *all* the pages from the document, NOT the range you entered.
However, if you toggle from All to Range while you're in the Save a Copy dialog, then edit the page range and press Enter, the field behaves differently – instead of turning grey, the page range field remains active and the text gets highlighted. If you Save at this point, you'll get a PDF with the correct range of pages you entered.
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Jim Eagle
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Hello - When saving a file as a PDF and select a specific page range then hit the return/enter button - the page range entered does not render the correct pages noted and outputs all pages to the PDF file.. It works correctly if you point on click on the actual save button. I've noticed in previous versions of Illustrator as well.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
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Kenny
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This isn't new. Its been an issue for me since Ive been using Adobe since CS4/5.
It needs to be fixed