I just stumbled onto this topic.
'Paste In Place' always works fine for me. But I think something is forgotten in this thread since no one mentioned it. The rulers need to be for the artboards, and not for the entire document.
So, go to 'View > Rulers > Change To Artboard Rulers'.
'Paste In Place' should work fine now.

Depending on the template your file is based on the rulers may use different coordinates. So; check them. And reset them to fit your needs.

Thank you for your comment and explanation Egor!

And while I get what you are saying, since I'm a bit familiar with the program, it is something I didn't really experience before my first comment, thus, the necesity for asking what's going on.

Lastly, the intention of my last response (which I posted sometime earlier, but seamed people were getting the same "problem", and didn't picked up on my "workaround" as you mentioned) was just to let people know how I do it so it may help somebody, instead of just saying whatever other things.

Thank you anyway for your concern Egor!

Jorge, it is not a 'workaround', it is an intended way it works :D

Ai remembers the local coordinates of an art copied, relative to the current artboard, and pastes it using these coordinates, into the other selected artboard. If one accidentally makes another artboard selected before copying, it surely picks up different coords.

But I get the frustration, it is exhausting to always make sure the proper tiny frame is black.
Thank for sharing the extensive instructions!

I found a "solution" to this problem, I concluded that the problem it´s due to some sort of trouble with the coordinates inside an illustrator file with multiple artboards, plus some problem with the act of selecting an object.

So what I´m doing is the following:

if selecting all the objects in an artboard, with the selection tool, click-drag to select all objects from outside the artboard > click any object INSIDE the artboard (as if selecting a key object, which is gonna happen) > then CMND/CTRL+C or CMND/CTRL+X to copy or cut objects > go to target artboard and click inside it > without clicking anywhere else, CMND/CTRL+F/B to paste either at the bottom or in front of everything.

and that's how I resolved it, this applies either if you are coping/cutting-pasting into a single file with multiple artboards or if you are doing so from a tab to another, and of course, when doing this both artboards must be the same size.

Let me know if this helped you!

Paste In Place, Paste in Front, and Paste in Back no longer work for me - the objects are pasted in seemingly random positions, rather than keeping the original placement.

Running Illustrator 2023 v27.2 on M1 Macbook Air running Ventura 13.0.1

The quick solution I found, is...

Before you copy your art, just create a "new" random object (square, circle, whatever works) in the same art you want to copy, then select the art with the selection tool or layer selection, and then Paste in Place or Paste in Front/back of the new art and then just delete the object you created.

It worked for me, I have tried many things, but this is the easier solution, not the best, but works every time.
Also Rebooting the computer works too, it seen to be something with the X and Y of the artworks and temporally files.

This is still an issue. Has anyone found a solution? @Adobe is this being worked on? A new/unique shortcut would help.

Same for me. It usually takes few undos and repeated pasting in place in order to function. Most of the times it pastes objects to upper left corner of the artboard. Really annoying.

Same for me. Paste in Place is broken. It randomly works.

Same ole same ole

When it breaks for me, it posts to the original copied from artboard, not the current artboard. Really really frustrating when I have a looming deadline that was yesterday. Really, after 20+ years of this, I'm ready to learn one of your competitors. Stop with new features and make sure everyday basics work all the time. I swear Illustrator 6 was better than this.

It happens to me also. It doesn't matter the OS or AI version. It never worked, but Adobe keeps saying the problem does not exist or it needs more info. Please, stop being lazy. The Jorge Rosillo post is from 2019!!!!! Solve the problem or kill the feature.

I'm using a MBpro 32MB OS 10.15.7 and AI 26.1.

Again: it is not a new problem. It has been happening for years...

This is indeed very annoying. It seems to be related with copying elements from different layers, as it works when all elements are on the same layer.

I've just run into this issue myself and discovered how to replicate and more importantly, avoid the issue.

When selecting objects on an artboard by clicking/dragging a selection box around the objects, AVOID YOUR SELECTION BOX GOING OFF ANY EDGE OF THE ARTBOARD. By doing this, the Paste in Place will work as desired when clicking the desired destination artboard and using the Paste in Place command (Shift + Cmd + V).

Hope that helps 👍

James

Dear Adobe Team,

Do we have any solution for the "Paste in Place" issue? I have updated to the latest version and still not helping. Still facing the same issue. Please help. Thank you

It also happens with me. Pasting in place is an old issue. It has never worked fine.

I'm running the 25.2.3 version on a MacBook Pro i9 32GB OS 10.15.3.

There is a explaning video explaining bellow and I've sent more material by email.

https://youtu.be/KnrVzeaDsjc

Same issues in 25.2.3 on Mac os X 10.15.7 . So frustrating, Can copy and paste an object from one file to another file too.

Attached a screen rec for your reference.

I am having the same problem. You can test this with a file with many artboards. Copy an object from one artboard and pan away from the artboard, even select another artboard. You will very easily succeed in pasting away from the object's original place, even if you choose "Paste in Place".

Hey guys, I´m pleased to tell you that I found a "solution" to this problem, I concluded that the problem it´s due to some sort of trouble with the coordinates inside an illustrator file, plus some problem with the act of selecting an object.

So what I´m doing is the following:

if selecting all the objects in an artboard, with the selection tool, click-drag to select all objects from outside the artboard > click any object INSIDE the artboard (as if selecting a key object, which is gonna happen) > then CMND/CTRL+C or CMND/CTRL+X to copy or cut objects > go to target artboard and click inside it > without clicking anywhere else, CMND/CTRL+F/B to paste either at the bottom or in front of everything.

and that's how I resolved it, this applies either if you are coping/cutting-pasting into a single file with multiple artboards or if you are doing so from a tab to another, and of course, when doing this both artboards must be the same size.

Let me know if this helped you!

Do you have several artboards? It has never worked if more than one artboard was present. It will paste into the active artboard at the same co-ordinate (but you have no indication as to what the active artboard is or which one Illustrator sees as the active one).

paste in place seems to have stopped working properly?