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I am exporting SVG files from illustrator that I then insert into a Microsoft Visio document. I updated illustrator from 30.2.1 to the current 30.6 and this export stopped working properly.Now when i save the svg file from illustrator and insert it into the Visio the size of the svg has changed. I played with the svg settings when exporting from illustrator but no luck.Any thoughts?

This was random at times, now its becoming a very consistent thing is Illustrator, when I have colours set for a project and open this swatches window this is what I greeted by. What is actually happening, from files not saving properly to this… I am forced to restart Illustrator many times because of this (I know i can set a colour palette above the project to make it easier but this is how I work).

On Illustrator 2025 (29.0), I have selected Show Indic Options, Arabic text, and Middle Eastern Line Single-Line Composer. However, while the text displays normally, sentences don't start where they should, and the punctuation (full stops/commas) always end up on the right of the text (incorrectly). I am unable to fix this, and installing Illustrator 2024 did not help either.

How do i smooth these sharp lines?

How can I prevent the ‘Path/Simplify’ operation starting immediately, before I can access the Simplify options window? Every time I use ‘Path/Simpliify, I am unable to access the options window, because the Simpllify operation always starts immediately.

In one of the recent updates to Ai (Beta), I noticed that when I select an object it wants to hold onto the arrow automatically. It gets very frustrating. I tested the issue in the standard Ai and it didn't seem to click and hold onto items like beta. Is there a way to turn this "feature" off in the beta version or do I just need to just ditch the beta version to get away from it?

I have to build a lot of bar charts (vertical bars). Sometimes the identifying text that goes over each bar is too long, so I have to rotate the text 90 degrees to fit in the bar. I then have to do this for ALL the bars, so that the text is all facing the same way. I would like to figure out a way to rotate all the text at once. When I try to do it, it stacks the text… which I don’t want it to do. This probably doesn’t make sense, so I’m attaching a screenshot. You can see the two red numbers on the left have been rotated manually (I do have a keyboard shortcut to do this, but I still have to do it to EACH number separately). The red numbers on the right haven’t been rotated yet. And of course I haven’t aligned them over the bars. That’s the next step. Anyway, if you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks! 

When I export a selection on illustrator as a png with a transparent background and paste it into a word document to save as a PDF, opening the pdf document on Adobe Acrobat shows a faint outline around the image. Below, on the left is how the image looks when I paste it into a Word Document and on the right you’ll see what happens when I save that document as a PDF and view it on Adobe Acrobat.Is there any way to get rid of this border so it does not show up in PDFs? (I export my images as PNGs with 1200 ppi with transparent backgrounds)Screenshot of Word Document appearanceScreenshot of Adobe Acrobat appearance 

I manage a design department where we're constantly working with documents that have multiple placed and embedded images in each. As an example, we often have 10 instances each of 4 different images in a given document. These links are constantly changing and being updated on a per-client basis. My concern is that my designers waste a lot of time relinking these embedded graphics as the software prompts the user to relink each one individually. If the designer needs to replace 10 of the linked graphics with, say, "Royal Mahogany", they have to select all 10, select the relink option and specify the file they want to replace the graphic with by clicking on and placing the selected file for each instance of the graphic. So if they're replacing the links of 10 images, they have to select and place the desired file 10 times. Is there any way to select multiple placed images and replace them all at once? Note that the images we place into the file are stored in multiple locations on server,

I have a script to analyze hundreds of documents to validate their layer names and then log the results to a .csv file. I had code to suppress alerts (especially missing font alerts), and that worked, except it also unexpectedly suppressed updates to the progress bar, which adds frustration and uncertainty to the UX.Is there any way to both suppress the alerts and get progress bar updates?Here is the code to suppress the alerts:var oldInteraction = app.userInteractionLevel;if (suppressIllustratorAlerts){ app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;}Here is the code the displays the progress bar:function updateProgress(win, statusText, countText, progressBar, fileName, current, total){ statusText.text = "Processing: " + fileName; countText.text = current + " of " + total; progressBar.value = current; win.layout.layout(true); win.update(); // Small pause gives Illustrator a chance to repaint the palette.

Hi everyone, I have a question about Adobe Illustrator’s Generative features.I created a vector artwork manually by myself, I drew all the shapes and chose all the colors myself. I did not intentionally use Generative AI or click the Generate button.However, I noticed that the Generative/Generate Vectors icon appeared blue in Illustrator, and at one point I clicked the Generative icon/menu just to see the options.Does the blue icon indicate that Generative AI was used on my artwork? Or does it simply indicate that the Generative feature/tool is available or selected?I want to make sure that my artwork is still considered manually created and that I did not accidentally generate anything with AI.Thank you!This is before i click itAnd this is afterThis is when im clicking it 

Hello, everyone.In Illustrator, when I use the color wheel, I can no longer find Pantone equivalents for my CMYK (or RGB) colors. The software consistently converts the color to grayscale. This used to work perfectly. Now I have to use Photoshop to convert these colors to spot colors. I should note that I’ve added .acb color swatch files to the designated folder:C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2026\Presets\fr_FR\Color Swatches\Color Catalogs This seems like a bug caused by a recent update.Thank you for your help.​​​​​​​ 

I design a map and I need to keep each element on different layers (for example a layer for roads, a layer for buildings and parks, a layer for legends, etc). Thanks for your help

Hi, I’m trying to soften the edges of the shading on a tree (pictures attached.)  As a possible workaround, I added a gaussian blur to the shading as my expectation, but I can’t get a similar look if I were to choose Object<Blend<Make.  Instead, it gives me some wonky results.  What can I do differently?

Even the people who comment using link, the next time they open the link, their own comments are gone

I am trying to cut this image with the grid tool and divide it evenly. It is a png but I do not know how to vectorize something like this. Is there a tool in Ai or the suite that can cut this up? Thank you. 

Hi all I am sure this has been asked a million times but i cant find the answer. When i drag my guides across from the ruler in AI, they dont show until i click on something in the document - very hard to place accurately when using. Also the direction selection tool also doesnt show when i have dragged it to select something - please help i am going crazy!

When editing a placed ai file and re saving, the typeface and type size are being reset to default after saving and indesign updating the preview. When re opening the ai file again it is also now showing the default view. Process.alt + click the file i want to edit from indesign, Made the changes to the artwork Resaved and closed the ai file Indesign updates the preview but changes a random piece of type to default (myriad 12pt) other areas of the artwork that have the same live font do not get effected. re open the artwork and change it back to what it should be and then it updates properly.  Randomly happening, other files placed in the indesign document using the same typeface can be edited and display fine.Seriously annoying. I’ve used this typeface for years and had no issues. Placing a PDF works fine but I shouldn’t need to be doing this. 

Hey guys, I am losing my mind as I have tried everything to get my AI to work, it still won't.The momentI opennup my app or anyAI file, it is stuck like this, Left it for 4 hours, still was in thislop. I am gettng close tomy deadline. Please help.

Share for review works on both Photoshop and InDesign. I've updated to current version (29.4).Things I've tried to fix:Tried other files thinking the file was maybe corrupt, same resultUninstalled and Reinstalled IllustratorRestartedLoged out of Adobe CC

I don't actually know for sure if these are smart guides or some other type of guide, but after the most recent update, this cross-hair started showing up over my cursor when the rectangle tool is selected:I always use only grid for snapping and have toggled Smart Guides on/off, restarted the program, looking around in preferences, etc. But I can't figure out what setting this cross-hair actually is, if it isn't a Smart Guide. I've never seen it before and it's extremely distracting. It shows up in every workspace and every document now.

My MacOs is running Monterey 12.7.6. Adobe illustrator 2024 is compatible with my system. How can I get this download?

I’m currently designing a logo for a website in Adobe Illustrator. The logo is made from several simple vector shapes, and I’m trying to keep everything perfectly centered and aligned.The problem is that when I select the logo elements and use the Align options, some objects don’t appear to align to the visible artwork correctly. The spacing looks slightly different even though the objects are selected together.I also noticed that the issue becomes more noticeable after grouping some of the shapes and using a clipping mask.i am working on this website logo : (website link removed by moderator).I’ve checked the alignment options and tried aligning the artwork to the artboard, but I’m still getting inconsistent results.Is there a recommended workflow in Illustrator for keeping multiple vector shapes in a website logo perfectly aligned, especially when some of the artwork is grouped or inside a clipping mask?I want the final logo to remain fully editable as vector artwork.Any advice on wh

I don’t know how to explain in detail, to be honest. I’ll paste images.Current Desired (but red is part of the SS and is the same color)I don’t know how to achieve this. Can someone help?

HI, I own Adobe Premium suite 5( I know, do't laugh, can't afford anything else.) It was activated on 2 compiuters. One of the computers died. My new computer I tried to intsall the suite however it keeps saying already reached activation limit. How can I get that activation whihc is on the dead computer to release so I can put it on my new computer? Thanks