Can't access Pantones in Illustrator

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March 8, 2022
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I bought a Pantone Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated) in 2020, and it used to be that you could use Pantone Color Manager to upload your swatch book to Illustrator. However, now they have discontued the Pantone Color Manager and I can't access the full range of colours anymore. There are some pre-installed, but it's a only limited number.

I've tried using their new system 'Pantone Connect' and installing to Illustrator, but it just doesn't work! I just want to access the colours that I paid for. Anyone had any luck with this?

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Lukas Engqvist

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I would contact Pantone. They need to sort out their game. The other option is to find an older version of Illustrator and work from there.

I have the Pantone Studio App, which also lost functionality as it was "improved". I think this is partly why they made a new app rather than uppgrade Pantone Studio. What I am missing in Pantone Connect is a visualisation of spectral curve.