Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
- Your expected result and the actual result
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24 results found
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Artboards name disappear or change back after renaming (often when pasted)
After renaming an artboard in the panel, it will return to it's default name eg. , Artboard [x], instead of maintaining the new name.
AI version: 22.0.1
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An unknown error has occured. Receiving message when opening ai and/or pdf files. CC 2019
I'm working on iMac17,1 with 13.2GHz using illustrator CC 2019
Whether opening a file from finder folder through the program, via file > open I am receiving the same message when opening ai and/or pdf files: " An unknown error has occured. "
This is all of a sudden. I expected the files to open like they normally would, unless it was a corrupt file from a client.
I receive: " An unknown error has occured. "
I uninstalled and re-installed CC 2019 with no changes.
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'Preview' instantly applies effect or operation
If I go to any dialogue box that has a 'preview' option, the effect is applied as soon as the box is checked. If I then click 'cancel' the effect is still applied. Altering the parameters applies the new value to the previously applied value.
For example, I draw and box and open the Scale options. With 'preview' selected, I change the value from 100% to 200% and then to 150%. The box is scaled to 350% in total.
Also, the Recolour Artwork box will only allow me to change a colour once. Again, applying the change instantly even if…
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can't paste object. the requested transformation....
the image is 5 inches, and I'm pasting into a several page 8.5 x 11 document.... really can't tell you how much time I'm wasting, and I'm very irratated.
9 votesHi,
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
I am not able to reproduce the issue on my side. Are you still able to reproduce this consistently on latest version of Illustrator?
If yes please share a small video of the same at sharewithai@adobe.com so I can further investigate it.
Please do mention the link of this thread so we can identify you. Govind from our team will help you on this.
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unchecking "use document bleed settings" box in "Save Adobe PDF" does not remove the bleed from the saved file.
version illustrator 30.1
windows 11
issue also replicated on illustrator 30.0 on a mac
1: create new document with some amount of bleed in "document setup"
2: save as .pdf will bring up "Save Adobe PDF" Dialog
3: uncheck "use document bleed settings" box and save the .pdf
4: open document saved in step 3, it still has the document bleeds that should have been removed by unchecking the "use document bleed settings" boxthe print dialog box also has the use document bleed settings check box, it works correctly when I print to a .pdf file with the "use…
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Unable to open old ai or pdf files
Mac OS Tahoe, Ai version 30.1. <-- just updated 12/22/25
I cannot open complete, editable Ai or PDF files created in older previous Ai versions. A message appears that Illustrator could only partially read the file. If I continue it creates a file that cannot be edited. Opening and editing files is CRITICAL to our print shop business.3 votes -
Crash on new artboard
Every time I click on the "+" under my artboards window, it crashes. I have 24 artboards already, and if I duplicate one using Option click drag, it seems ok. But New Artboard crashes again and again.
MacOS 15.5
Illustrator 29.5.13 votes -
Recovery opens Print.ai document profile instead of restoring a document after crash
This has happened twice in the past few days, the first time Illustrator unexpectedly crashed and just now it froze and I had to force quit the program. Both times, when I reopen Illustrator it tells me it's recovered my file(s), shows the correct document name (like Untitled-3, etc) and I press OK. It then pulls up a document called Print.ai which is just a blank artboard, maybe something I made in the past and didn't use? I go to the folder on my computer where the recovered files are supposed to go, it will say the folder has been…
3 votesElizabeth, the team suspects that can be triggered by moving the original file to another folder while it’s still opened.
Then, if Ai crashes, if can’t properly locate it and it leads to this exact problem.
Does it sound like something that could have been the case?
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Paste in Front not pasting on current artboard
Paste in Front keeps pasting objects back on the original artboard, not on the one I have in focus, or a selected object on. Seems to error randomly, but when it does not work, it blows my productivity.
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3 votes
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Illustrator stops responding when opening files
I use Adobe Illustrator. I've been trying to open saved files its stop responding. This issue been two days. I tried restarting, but nothing worked
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Text Import Options dialog shows up when I try top open my working file
This dialogue box opens, but my working file is not visible, pls help
2 votes -
Files won't actually save until closed.
Illustrator 29.8.1
When either choosing the 'save' command from the file menu, or hitting 'command+s' the saving text flashes in the filename of the tab, but the file does not actually save and it continues to have the unsaved changes asterisk there as well.
The only way to save and get the currently open file to save/update is to try and close the file, and then save through the 'you have unsaved changes' window that pops up before closing.
Please fix this, I have several operations in my workflow that require uploading a file I'm currently working on to an…
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Unable to create new file, have to restart software
As title, unable to create new file, have to restart software every time
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Stroke weight defaults to 10pts on oversized custom Artboard
If I create a new document one of the standard sizes, say Letter... then draw an object and apply a stroke... the stroke size defaults to 1pt as it should. However, if I define a new custom oversized artboard, say 500 inches square, then draw and object... when I apply the stroke, the size defaults to 10pts.
2 votesDoes it behave any better in the latest Ai builds?
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Duplicating an Artboard with art on it and then Undoing it, causes crash
if you drag and artboard with art on it while holding option to duplicate, it duplicates fine, but if you Undo, the duplicated artboard remains and you can't delete. sometimes if you try and select the artboard illustrator will crash. the only way to update is to reopen the affected file.
2 votesHi, Fernando, thanks for reporting the issue.
Since we are not able to reproduce the issue in house, kindly provide the following information to nail down the issue further: the machine details, the Illustrator version with which the issue is happening, the test file, and test steps to help us reproducing the issue.
It would be very helpful if you can provide the video recording to reproduce the steps. Kindly share the above details ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file. Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of mail.
Regards, Pooja Garg, Illustrator Team
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Currently selected artboard not automatically highlighted as per normal
Running Mac 10.13.6 and AI 22.1
In all previous versions of Illustrator the artboard you are currently on remains highlighted so you know which on you are on.
In this version, the artboard is only highlighted while working in it. If I click into a menu item (say 'Object') then the highlighted artboard disappears and I no longer know which one I am on. Clicking on the blank artboard, which usually highlights that clicked on artboard, doesn't work. The only work around is to click onto another artboard and then back to the first. I've had this issue maybe 6…
2 votesPlease confirm if this bug does not longer happens in the latest versions of Illustrator.
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Acrobat PDF File Format error when saving .AI documents. The size of the passed callbacks struct is wrong.
Illustrator 30.0 (64 bit.) windows 11 recently loaded then I updated to 30.0. since then 99 % of the time I open my current .AI files to update them and save them, I receive this error which I can't fix. The only way to bypass it is the save to the downloads folder and then over write the original unsaved file with the new version. This is affecting my production time, so it is quite urgent. It could be a setting but as I don't understand the message I can't fix it.
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Restore Highlighted Ruler Markers when moving objects
This is a feature that was there before the last major updates. To explain, previously when you say, make a duplicate of one object and drag it across the artboard, you would see the little marker move across the ruler while holding the object. Since it is now gone, there is heavy guesswork going on when I'm trying to move close to a specific distance. This request is in regard to this tool only. I know all about distributing objects, etc. I'm just looking to restore this little feature that dropped from this tool.
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Artboard Tool doesn’t create artboards based on a clicked object with an expected precision
When using the Artboard Tool to click on an object, an artboard should be created accordingly. However, this feature rarely works as expected, and the success rate is unacceptably low. We kindly request improvements to ensure more consistent and reliable performance.
1 vote'As expected' — how so? What result do you get? Can you share an example of a behavior you think shouldn’t be, a test file, a video, please?
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