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Why do I have to relink every single item? They're all the same file.

Hello,Up to Illustrator 2021, importing a DXF created by Lectra Modaris the entities remained correctly grouped by size (I'm talking about fabric patterns).Starting from Illustrator 2022 onwards, importing the same file, all the entities are exploded into single elements separate from each other, so I no longer have shapes but single points, lines, etc.I have the problem with MacOS but I verified that the same thing happens with Windows too.I chatted with Adobe technical support but the technician told me that "it is a disabled feature and that perhaps it will be implemented again in the future, but he has no idea if and when" Anyone having the same problem?

Am I correct in thinking you cannot export without saving first? I saved and exported my illustrator file, uploaded the exported png to a google drive. Now two days later I am looking for the ai and png file and they are both gone. Missing from my recently opened and where I thought I saved it. Has this happened to anyone else? There was no error that popped up or anything. I presumed it was autosaving every two minutes like all my other files. I save over old files to update them but only the old one is there?  I have looked everywhere on onedrive and my computer for the file but it seems to be gone.

Hi - I cannot figure out how to view a single layer in Illustrator in Outline Mode as demonstrated here: https://youtu.be/HoXy4q0UGEY?t=166According to the video, I should be able to Command+Click the layer's eyeball icon to view it in Outline Mode, or double-click the layer and select it there.  But neither option is working. I can view the entire document in Outline Mode by going to view or using Command+Y, but that's not what I need.Can anyone offer assistance?Has this functionality been removed?If so, why?Thanks,Mike

Dear Sir or Madam,I would like to share an issue I’ve encountered, as shown in the attached image.Currently, the stroke unit can be adjusted via the Preferences > Units > Stroke settings. It would be extremely helpful if this setting could also be made accessible directly from the Stroke panel as a shortcut. Being able to quickly switch between measurement units is particularly important for us during production workflows. Therefore, we kindly ask you to consider adding a shortcut to the Stroke panel for easier access to unit settings. Thank you for your attention and support. Best regards, Taylan Tekin

EstimadosEsto realizando una presentacion de varias planas en ilustrator pero este cada vez se pone más lento, al punto de mover una caja de texto y esta se mueve despues de un tiempo.el compu en el cual trabajo es un MBP - M1 MAX de 32 gb ram.el proyecto son plantillas de 1920x1080 y aun no he agregado las fotosa alguien ya le paso y como lo solucionó ?

Hi, as ever I'm probably missing something obvious here, but if you've worked something up in the perspective grid, then decide you want to revert that element to a 'flat' look instead, is there a way of reverting it back to that pure 2D flat-on look? 

Hi all, First, I have to say a big thanks. The export speed for JPEGs using the "Export for Screens" option has increased from around 30 seconds to nearly instantaneous for me on AI 2020. This, along with background export, was one of my top requests and I am so grateful that it's been added. Next, a story of heartbreak. For many of my exports using this method, I now get jagged edges, especially on round edges and especially at angles. Please see attached examples. The file "TestLayout_Overall_01.jpg" was exported using the new "Export for Screens" dialog and has jagged edges on the oval shape. These jagged edges are not present when exporting from File > Export As, but this latter method takes much longer to export, particularly for large artboards which I use frequently. So, is there anything I can do to make the jagged edges go away? I am using "Art Optimized" in both places and exporting at 300dpi in both places. Is this an anti aliasing issue? Help! I'm in

As the title says, after viewing my project in presentation mode and exiting it by pressing esc, my cursor disappears. But it only goes invisible, stuff still highlights and such when hovered over it but I cannot see where my cursor is (aka the pointing triangle thing) unless it is hovering above an interactable button/object. This has happened multiple times since updating to Illustrator 2025, happens more often when I enter presentation mode AND use the arrow keys to navigate between artboards and only way I've been able to fix it is by shutting down the program and re-launching it. Does anyone also have this issue? Any tips on how to fix it?

In illustrator sometimes when i go into presentation mode and close it my cursor disappears. I can not click anything in illustrator an i need to close it in my task manager. Does someone have the same issue? Let me know if you have an fix! 

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I opted for a team package with several licenses, and created a new project where I moved all my Illustrator. My aim was to give my whole team access to it. The problem is that now I've got holes in my work plans, and some images have disappeared from my board. Why and how can I fix this, please?

En tres ocasiones me ha salido este error en illustrator al guardar mis archivos, y empieza a desaparecer la imagen, al copiarlo todo y pegar en otra mesa de trabajo tampoco me sale nada es como si hubiera elementos pero no genera la imagen ni textos nada como un archico vacio, en una ocasión se daño el archivo porque guarda como si no tuviera nada y me toca exportar como pantalla un AI ya que en pdf me descompone todo lo que sea fotos por partes y de esa manera no me deja editar el contenido, alguien sabe a qué se debe este error? 

Hi guys,I have the problem that the UI of Illustrator and InDesign is too small. Photoshop and Muse scale the UI just fine, whereas InDesign's and Illustrator's interface is not usable. In the settings, the scaling is already set to the highest value, so I do not understand why the UI is still small. It is a very frustrating issue, since it is a real pain to work with these small icons. I am on a Thinkpad T570 with a 4K-Panel, Windows 10 scaling is set to 250%. I added a screenshot where you can see the difference between the UI of PS and ID.Thanks in advance for your help!

Salve a tutti, utilizzo Illustrator 2025 su mac. Ho necessità di esportare le mie tavole in formato TIFF CON TRASPARENZA. C'è un modo per fare questa operazione direttamente su illustrator e senza usare altri programmi?

I have to save my homework as Ai and also as PDF ,but i get this message and now this week i have to save it PNG to post it for our school discussion board. I am pretty new to illustrator so i need the steps to fix this, please.

Using the Recolor Artwork window, sometimes I want to find a better color match by double clicking on the new color and scrolling through that specific swatchbook, but with Adobe 2025 I can't scroll using my mouse wheel. However, if I uninstall 2025 and revert back to 2024, it scrolls just fine. I don't want to revert for this small issue, but it's really starting to get on my nerves not being able to scroll in this window. Help!

Hello Team, I have a bitly QR code saved as a .PNG.  I have created an artboard that includes a background and i'd like to add my QR code to the corner of this artboard.  Can you please share best practices for adding my QR code to this artboard so it is clear and able to be scanned. Thank You!

Quando vou salvar o arquivo em formato PDF no computador, ele aparece um erro com a mensagem:Não é possível salvar a ilustração. Você não tem privilégios de acesso suficientes.Identificação: -5000,  como resolver? 

Hey there, Newbie here. I managed to create a book cover in Illustrator, get it uploaded to Amazon KDP print (massive thanks to you guys helping me with last problem!!!!) and, after a fine proof copy, hit publish on Amazon. So far so good. Reader copies look nearly as good as the proof, so I know my original file can create a satisfactory printed cover. However, when I try to create a PDF of the cover for Ingram Spark (the necessary second printer for bookstores and libraries) the file suddenly gets very thin white lines/rectangles around many of the images, esp along the spine. Presumably, these will show up on the final book cover if they're in the PDF. Question is: how do I get rid of them? Ingram Spark requires the PDF be either X-1a:2001 or X-3:2002, so that's what I'm selecting when I save a copy as PDF in Illustrator. If I save it as Illustrator Default PDF, the file is fine--no lines/boxes. Here's a screenshot of the PDF with the lines. You might have to loo

I am creating a simple bar graph. I want to add data labels to the top of each bar without having to manually type in the labels. For example, in Excel you can simply add data lebels to the graph and have them appear based on the value you specified each bar to be. How can I do that in illustrator?

After recent Illustrator update (last week), my artboards no longer show up in the Artboard panel. Instead, where the artboard list would normally populate, this is what appears. I have "Show Artboards" selected and I have not changed anything in my Workspace settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated.   

Hi everyone,I am a graphic designer using a Windows laptop. My current 500 GB hard drive is full, and my office is installing a new 1 TB SSD internal drive.Before the upgrade, I have backed up all my Adobe project files from the last 2.5 years. However, I’m concerned about linked images and fonts in those projects.Will I lose linked images in Illustrator, Photoshop or INDD files after reinstalling if I don't have the original image folders?Will I need to reinstall fonts used in those designs, or are they stored in the project filesIs there anything else I should take care of before the hard drive is replaced? I want to make sure my files open correctly after reinstalling everything.Thanks in advance!

I have worked with Illustrator for several years and have never seen this issues. I am attaching samples to look at. I am in my NORMAL view. When looking at my workspace, all graphics have a WHITE background on them when they are DEFINITELY transparent. It makes it super difficult to arrange graphics. When I export the document everything looks fine, but while in the workspace it looks like this. What changed? Here is what I have done so far to try and resolve:- Change my views- Updated graphics driver- Relinked graphics- Deleted graphics and inserted new ones Nothing seems to work - please help. I appreicate you.  

Hey, so I've got a few pdfs with no bitmaps at all, just vectors, 12 in number. I need to apply a series of changes to them and then save them back in a Illustrator Default pdf format. I started doing them 1 by 1 in and saving them back, all ok no problem saving was almost instantly. Then I thought I should make an .ai with all of them on each artboard, do the changes 1 time and will affect all, then use the Export for Screen/PDF (set to Illustrator Default) feature and export them. The problem is Illustrator then freezes and the export take a long long time, talking about 1 appearing in the folder after around 3-5 minutes, while if I were to export them manualy this would been almost instant. I also noticed the size is different (from 2.5mb to 13mb) even tho I used the same pdf presset (Illustrator Default). Can anyone explain to me why is this happening ? Thanks !