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I recently created an infographic-adjacent Team Guide in Adobe Illustrator (most current version) that I then exported as a PDF. While the external links all function beautifully, there are three jump-links that are designed to take the user to a specific spot on the scroll-down asset. These work beautifully on my end and in some contexts, but not in a number of browsers and other contexts. Is this normal, or is there a workaround for it? They will be broadlky distributed, so we have no control over platforms, Acrobat or Reader versions, etc. LMK- thanks!

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When I click command+mouse scroll the direction sideways is opposite of any other adobe program. Illustrator scrolls left while photoshop and in design scroll right. This has been a real issue when using them interchangably. A universal direction change will not fix the issue as it will just make the other programs flip as well. I have tried flipping universally and it didn't work.  I'm working on a mac. 

I'm trying to use Enhanced Text to Vector Image but I want to start with an imported image. I have an image that I want illustrator to modify using AI.

Hey together! I got a problem. Is it possible to save patterns (created in Illustrator) to my Creative Cloud Library? Everytime i try to save it like a color, the + Symbol greys out. Please help me. Kind regardsLeon

Novice user here. In all Adobe programs (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator) I am getting the same problem when trying to create a gradient. I want to go from dark purple to solid black. The issue is that any gradient to black goes through a light grey color first. Is there  a way to avoid this? To make the purple progressively darker until it becomes black? 

This happens to me every single day. Illustrator randomly adds a "mystery object" which looks like an empty bounding box to my selection. I can't deselect it. In my layers panel it shows nothing as being selected. Normally I just select all, then deselect to make it go away, but this time it's not working. This makes accurate scaling of my real objects impossible because the selection will include this mystery object. I've combed the forums and found dozens of people with this exact problem, but none of the suggestions on those threads are working. I've read things about it being related to clipping masks or artboards, but this happens to me even when I'm only using one artboard and no clipping masks. Does adobe have any sort of explanation as to why this is happening?      {Renamed by MOD}

with last updates, versione 23.3.1Alt+ my mouse wheel to zoom is really slow; it freeze and then restart Anyone with same problem?

I have an index page, which I created in Illustrator that I am attempting to export to photoshop.  The problem is that when I open the Photoshop file, it has all been flattened into a single layer.  I made sure "flat image" is not selected in the export options.  Furthermore, I always get a pop up message that says "Some containers in the AI document have been flattened," every time I export.  The document is a single artboard with 9 layers (each layer representing a different element on the index page).   Any suggestions would be appreciated.   Thanks,   Paul

Hello, I have been having issues with Illustrator crashing when I open it. I get nowhere in the app before it creates an error report. I have reset preferences in the app, uninstalled and reinstalled the latest 2025 version, and updated my NVIDIA graphics card to the latest version. Nothing seems to be fixing the issue. I have plenty of space on my C drive too.    Any advice would be greatly appreciated!  Thank you! I have shared the error code from the crash below.   The error code is: Crash report 

Hi, a new total random problem arose, from night to day without me messing up with preferences illustrator sign me out (asking me to save the changes) after i do a number of actions. In this specific case I am applying a shadow with a blur effect, at the moment of acepting the changes and applying it,  the singout widow appear and force me to close the app. Any help is appriciated.cheers and thanks

Hey guys, I recently updated my mac's software for macOS High Sierra version (10.13.1) and after that, when I open illustrator documents (created with mac OS X El Capitan) i get this message:"The embedded color profile in this document will be discarded, because your color settings are configured for adobe illustrator 6.0 compatible color management.Embedded: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2"What can I do to fix this? I use Illustrator CC 2014

Hi all, I know there a lots of questions like this out here but I still haven't figured out on how to make Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop work on a Macbook with the M1 Chip.  Indesign and Lightroom both works fine for me, but Illustrator and Photoshop won't even launch. I tried uninstalling and installing the apps new, I am on the latest apple update (Big Sur 11.2.3), restarted computer etc. but the two apps still won't launch. Any idea what else I can try?

Illustrator still crashes when I drag a swatch to the Swatched palette. This has been happening since I first set up and used this Mac (Mini M4 Pro), and Adobe CC setup in early Jan. Illustrator 29.2.1 Previous post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/i-can-consistently-crash-illustrator-by-dragging-a-swatch-to-the-swatch-palette/m-p/15089472#M432483 It's getting tiresome for me. Just to say at the beginning: this is a new Mac with a completely new installation of CC, Illustrator, Bridge (for syncing colour setup), Photoshop, Indesign. Mac OS 15.1 was newly installed, but has recently been updated to 15.3. Migration from another/old Mac was not done - all is new and pristine. I have reset illustrator prefs several times, reinstalled illustrator, reinstalled Bridge. Each one twice (the second time I manually went into the prefs folder and deleted all things Illustrator and/or Bridge).Do this... (I have previously used Bridge and cho

I can see the slider on the shape I want to fill, I want to squash the gradient circle into an elipse, but as soon as I move the pointer the circle disppears. I can't manipulate the gradient in any way because the necessary handles and circle thinggy disappear. How do I keep that circle there, so I can pull on the handle at the top? See my video.  

Has anyone had this happen? I'm creating a super simple animated gif. I created my art in AI, each artboard is a duplicate of the previous artboard. All art is visbibe on my artboards. No layers. No art has any effects (opacity, multiply)- when it exports, AI is failing to export all of the artwork on the artboard. Anyone know what might be up?

Hi,This continues to happen.  Illustartor does not update. Creative cloud says UP to DateMy version is 29.1.  current version 29.3. i always have to uninstall and reinstall in order to be current.When i see their are updates i post here but still is not resoved.Other creative apps are always current.  It is only Illustator that has this problem .No one has had this issue? Thanks Mike

In the last couple weeks Illustrator has been lagging alot when I try and zoom in/out as well as when move around the document. At first I thought it was because of the complexity of my files but it does the same thing and brand new empty documents. Ive tried all the advice lised on adobe's Improve Illustrator performance on macOS page. And nothings helpec.The rest of my CC applications work just fine. I don't think it has anything to do with my computer. It's a brand new mac book pro with 32 GB of RAM.Any ideas? 

When distributing nummerous shapes vertically to center, I sporadically get different results where the layers are distributed in the wrong order. They are ordered correctly in the layers panel, but that doesn't seem to mater. Any solution for this?

Why is by transparancy gradient exporting this way? 

why am i not getting this tool box or whateverss

Hello I need some help, I am currently using Adobe 2024 and V 28.7.5 on Windows 11 - We need to use this because our print software doesnt have the registration marks set up for 2025 quite yet We create a couple of template files at work with logos placed on different artboards on different items. We have to replace them to reflect the company we are working with. Up until a couple of days ago, I would open the link panel, select multiple links, press relink and one after another file explorer window would pop up so I could replace them all at once essentially. Each time I would select one, the window would close and another file explorer window would pop up. Yesterday I went to the same template file and selected all of my images I needed to replace and pressed relink though the window only popped up once and only changed one of my selected items and didnt show up again.  My coworker tried to do multiple links at once and it is still populating the additional

I use a mac and started messing around with illustrator over a week ago so I havent paid much attention to the history changes as I didn't need it but now that I do, it's cumbersome..I mean anytime a layer is clicked on and off while in the proceess of editing and comparing etc.. it piles it in with the other history states and I see no option to change this setting, like there is in PS. I know there are workarounds.. custom views, hiding selections, add another artboard type of workarounds but I just find them overly tedious to clicking a Layer on and off but maybe i'm missing something, idk? Didnt know where I should post this but this spot seems good as any lol.

SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE 

Eventually, this magenta border shows up, and I can’t remove it unless I close the document and reopen it.Any Ideas how to get rid of that?Thanks