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Shigaugis
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March 3, 2019
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Copy & Paste not always working - randomly

  • March 3, 2019
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Hi all,

This is a very frustrating bug - around 50% of the times copy & paste won't work. I select an object, press ctrl+C, and then pressing ctrl+V produces nothing as if the clipboard is empty.

I cannot reproduce it as it seems random, sometimes it will copy & paste, sometimes it won't.

This makes working with Illustrator extremely hard.

Might be worth mentioning that copy-pasting from Illustrator into Photoshop resembles the same buggy behavior - it will randomly work or not.

Please advise on how to resolve this.

Cheers

    Correct answer edgarr18001756

    Here is an update of my issue of copy and paste in Illustrator.
    Have switched keyboard, Now using Logitech keyboard and mouse on the same wireless usb dongle.

     

    I must say, problem is gone.

    So maybe this issue also can be caused by keyboard set up..

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    Jeff Witchel, ACI
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    Jeff Witchel, ACICommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 3, 2019

    Does this problem occur with all Adobe applications or just Illustrator?

    Is it just objects? Or does it happen with text as well?

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    ShigaugisAuthor
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    March 3, 2019

    Only with Illustrator. With Photoshop I have no such problems.

    I just checked, it doesn't happen to text, Only to objects.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 3, 2019

    Which version and which system is this?

    Is only the shortcut not working?

    Do you have any clipboard enhancement installed in your system?

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    ShigaugisAuthor
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    March 3, 2019

    Illustrator version: CC 23.0.1 (64-bit)

    OS: Windows 7

    It's mainly the keyboard shortcut, as the copy-paste flyout menu seem to work with much better statistics (although occasionally will also perform with the same bug).

    Nope, I have no clipboard enhancements.

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