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Illustrator to PowerPoint vector pasting no longer working?

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September 10, 2025
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Just updated to 29.8.1 and I can no longer copy and paste a vector direct from Illustrator into PowerPoint. I can normally just grab an illustration from Illustrator and copy/paste into PPT, but since the update it's pasting nothing. I'm on Windows 11 and have tried copying from different Illustrator files and also tried restarting computer but still the same. Perhaps someone could have a go and see if this is working for them or not. Thanks

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With the public release of 29.8.2, this issue now appears to be fixed. Thanks @Anubhav M @Abhishek Rao. 🙂👍

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carln90164570AuthorCorrect answer

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With the public release of 29.8.2, this issue now appears to be fixed. Thanks @Anubhav M @Abhishek Rao. 🙂👍

jctremblay

Community Expert

Not for everyone....
I’m using 29.8.2 on macOS 15.7 and the issues persist.

HARSHIKA_VERMA

Community Manager

Hi jctremblay,

Sorry to hear you're still experiencing the issue. Would you mind trying it in the latest Illustrator release (PR 30.0.0.91) and share results?

We will be happy to assist you further.

Thanks,

Harshika

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi everyone,

Thanks for sharing your updates here. The issue has been addressed in the latest Illustrator release (PR 30.0.0.91). If you're still experiencing the problem after updating, please try signing out of the Creative Cloud desktop app, then sign back in and relaunch Illustrator to see if that resolves it.

Let me know how it goes after trying this.

Abhishek

jctremblay

Community Expert

I’m using Illustrator (PR 30.0.0.114) and it’s not working.

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @jctremblay,

Thanks so much for testing it and confirming your results. I'm checking this with the product team and will update the thread as soon as I hear back.

Appreciate your patience and help in validating this.

Abhishek

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Alexandre2194356504lc

Participant

This is something that really impacts my produtivity, and there's more, i can`t copy+past more than once inside Illustrator if my PPT is open... This is a huge problem for working in presentations. I have to export my ppt to pdf is i want both open, but if i`m workin on a PPT and use Illustrator, i have to export everything to import... i can't even express how bad this has been here... please! somebody help! Everything was working so good before and now i feel like in the 90`s

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Ninelie9s

Participant

As the title says, I cannot paste the SVG code from copying elements in Illustrator to anywhere (I've tried pasting it as raw HTML code, exporting into Figma, etc. Nothing works, so it's an Illustrator-side issue).

I have the settings checked in my Preferences and yet it still doesn't work.

I am running the latest version on Windows 11. Would appreciate any kind of advice or support regarding this issue, thanks!

CarlosCanto

Community Expert

can you paste this code?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 29.6.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 9.03 Build 0)  -->
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
	 viewBox="0 0 612 792" style="enable-background:new 0 0 612 792;" xml:space="preserve">
<g id="Wheelchair_Accessible">
	<g id="grupo">
		<rect x="228.175" y="256.821" style="fill:none;" width="124.65" height="124.641"/>
		<path d="M352.825,361.812c0,10.865-8.793,19.651-19.642,19.651h-85.349c-10.865,0-19.659-8.785-19.659-19.651v-85.349
			c0-10.832,8.794-19.642,19.659-19.642h85.349c10.849,0,19.642,8.81,19.642,19.642V361.812z"/>
		<g>
			<path style="fill:#FFFFFF;" d="M270.113,313.178c-9.282,4.473-15.052,13.401-15.052,24.401c0,15.271,12.398,27.677,27.694,27.677
				c12.971,0,23.887-8.937,26.886-21.023l4.144,9.703c-5.719,11.792-16.964,18.867-30.946,18.867
				c-19.516,0-35.325-15.81-35.325-35.275c0-15.001,9.333-27.787,22.531-32.925L270.113,313.178z"/>
			<path style="fill:#FFFFFF;" d="M282.848,327.935l-8.953-0.446v-41.921c5.433,4.068,9.366,2.257,9.366,2.257v17.023l22.253-0.042
				v8.886l-22.262,0.042l0.017,5.332l30.87,1.575l13.131,35.022l8.92-3.361l2.518,6.721l-17.225,6.486l-13.771-36.387
				L282.848,327.935z"/>
			<path style="fill:#FFFFFF;" d="M290.824,279.638c0,5.685-4.582,10.259-10.242,10.259c-5.66,0-10.251-4.574-10.251-10.259
				c0-5.643,4.59-10.225,10.251-10.225C286.242,269.413,290.824,273.995,290.824,279.638z"/>
		</g>
	</g>
</g>
</svg>

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Ninelie9s

Participant

I think you misunderstood, I meant pasting a shape I created in Illustrator and having it come out as raw SVG code.

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Tony36607195uess

Participant

I have had the same issue since the last update to 29.81 and have been using SVG conversion as a workaround, but it really adds hours to my workflow per week.
Is there any news of a fix or do i have to roll back to the last version of Illustrator for a while?

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Tony36607195uess, @5160285-Claude Tremblay,

Thanks for confirming. Kindly allow me some time to check this with the team.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Anubhav

Wabber_HM

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Speaking of this issue, apparently this has never worked properly on the Mac OS side? Why don't we get feature parity with this workflow? Currently, Mac users copying vector shapes from Illustrator into PowerPoint for Mac will produce rasterized images that cannot be manipulated in PowerPoint as they can on Windows. The only workaround on that system is to export them as SVG first, then importing those.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Wabber_HM,

Would you mind enabling the option for Include SVG Code on copy under Illustrator's clipboard preferences to see if it helps with your workflow?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

Wabber_HM

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This setting is already enabled on both systems. I still need the workaround for Windows. On Mac, the paste is not SVG-based since the pasted shapes cannot be recolored within PPT like they can on Windows.

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carln90164570Author

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An update popped up for Illustrator today but installing that hasn't fixed the problem. Version still shows as 29.8.1

Wabber_HM

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Going to have to "me too" this as well. I think about a week ago or so, copying from Illustrator to any Office program doesn't work anymore on my work desktop. It's been so useful since support was added. However, the same feature works on my work laptop and I don't recall a major software update since then. I update both at the same time.

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @Wabber_HM,

Thanks for sharing your experience. Since the same workflow is working fine on your laptop but not on your desktop, it sounds like the issue could be system-specific. Could you please confirm your exact OS and Illustrator version on the desktop? If the problem continues, a short screen recording of the workflow would be really helpful so I can check this further with the team.

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

Wabber_HM

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Actually, Desktop is on Illustrator 29.8.1 while laptop is on 29.7.1. Both OSes are the same, which are Windows 10 19045.6216.

What I noticed after poking around with this is it started when I opened an EPS file for some stock art I downloaded. I've been doing this just fine back and forth on both systems last week. But what I noticed was it would not paste into PowerPoint unless the color of the vector art was #000000 and not anything else, like the default #505050 gray it was. So at least I have a workaround for now.

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

Check your Preferences > Clipboard Handling. It could be the settings you have in 29.8.1 are different than what you had before.

Regardless, It's always better to use a workflow that involves placing/importing files rather than copying/pasting. Export your Illustrator (e.g. SVG) and import that instead, as it's a vector format that PowerPoint understands

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carln90164570Author

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Thanks, have checked those settings but hasn't sorted the issue. Copy/paste is far quicker and in my experience works exactly the same as the svgs do - just avoids the faffing about with loads of individual files. 👍

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @carln90164570,

Thanks for reporting this. I tested the same workflow on my end using Illustrator 29.8.1 on Windows and was able to paste vectors into PowerPoint without issue. To help isolate what might be causing the problem, could you please try the steps in Safe Mode and see if the paste works there: https://adobe.ly/3JX3gfq. This will help rule out any third-party apps interfering with Illustrator or the clipboard.

If the issue persists, it would be really helpful if you could share a short screen recording showing your complete workflow from Illustrator to PowerPoint, so we can check further.

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

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carln90164570Author

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Thanks for checking. Will give that a try 👍

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