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I'm in need of help and have NO idea what I'm doing. I have an excel file with thousands of rows, each with a column for the x-coordinate, the y-coordiante, the height, and width of a rectangle. I need a script that will ask me to select the excel file, read the excel file, and create rectangles from each of the thousands of rows. I imagine this would be pretty simple for somebody who knows what they're doing, but I have no idea where to start. I'm working in a windows environment and have Illustrator CS4. Any suggestions? Any scripts out there that might give me a start?

Olá, Nas versões anteriores do Illustrator (até 2023, creio) existia a opção ''Substituir tudo'' quando algum link está em falta, mas nas versões mais recentes essa opção desapareceu e foi trocada por ''Ignorar tudo''.  A opção ''Substituir tudo'' dáva-me imenso jeito no meu trabalho e agora tenho de substituir os links um a um.  Existe alguma forma de voltar a ter a opção anterior, sem ter que reinstalar uma versão antiga do Illustrator?Ou alguém conhece o motivo da Adobe ter eliminado essa opção? Obrigado.

Hello everyone.For a few weeks now, out of nowhere, my Adobe Illustrator 2024 has been having an issue with the cursor. When I'm working on a design and try to click to select an element, instead of selecting, it gets stuck to the cursor and drags the entire design or remains attached to the cursor until I click again. Also, since that day, the direct selection tool is not working for me. I can select it, and it shows the nodes in the design, but when I try to click on a node, instead of selecting as it normally does, the entire vector gets stuck to the cursor. I've tried various ways to solve it, including uninstalling and reinstalling AI. I've reset all AI settings, but nothing has worked. I haven't found anything similar on any internet forum. It's as if this problem is unique to me. "I need an urgent solution as I have a lot of overdue work because I can't work like this. I have a MacBook Pro M1 Max."

Dear all, I know exporting a font that I created on my own is not an original function from Illustrator, it requires a plug-in to do. I was wondering if there is any recommended free plug-in for Illustrator from the Creative Cloud suite that I can use. I saw a lot of people recommend Fontself, but it requires a one-time purchase without any trial. I'm just starting to learn how to do some typography, so I'm not sure if I want to purchase it at this point (maybe will do once I know there is more use of it in my career), therefore, I would love to start with some trials. Thank you.Karen

I saw a long post on this and I'm having the same problem as of now. just a few hours before this post my pngs where coming out just fine. I have been using AI for years and never had this problem ever!  but i do know what i did to cause the issue i placed an svg file into one of my projects. I know this caused the problem because yesterday i exported an icon from this same project at the same size and everything was crispy.  But every since i placed that svg file into my illustrator it altered the way my pngs export. I've tried new projects, different sizes and everything else but still no luck everything i export is blurry now. now i have to go back and forth with photoshop to get my crispy results back its an extra step that i don't like but its the most productive. if anyone knows why this file type would cause this issue id like to hear someone eleses opinion.

Every PNG I export from Illustrator is blurry regardless of the export settings I choose or the method I use to export. I've read all the other posts associated with this issue and tried all of the suggestions and nothing seems to work. I created the design in Illustrator to the exact dimensions needed (500px x 200px) and I've even tried changing the units in AI's Preferences with no results. The application is to provide my companies branding to be displayed on a thrid party vendor application. They only accept PNG, GIF, or JPG formats. I've attached a video showing what I'm dealing with and the settings/parameters I'm using. When I export to PDF, the quality is perfect. Even though PDF is a vector and PNG is a raster the same quality should be achievable because it has been in the past. FYI...All my software and OS are up to date.

Hi commuity,  When i try to save my illustrator design, i get message telling  An unknown error is detected....  

I'm currently working on a project in illustrator (everything is updated) but every time I select something and attempt to move it, the background/bounding box turns white. It is transparent until I attempt to move it. I don't understand why because it's just pen tool shapes so its not like I placed an image incorrectly. Its just really frustrating because I'm having trouble aligning things properly. I cant see anything behind all the white space. I have attempted turning on and off most if not all selection settings.UPDATE: the box goes away when I hold shift while moving?If anyone knows if this is a bug, or maybe just me being dumb with an unknown setting, please let me know because this is so annoying!

Every time I open a new Illustrator document, I have to manually pull up my swatches and symbols pannel. I have tried making new saved layouts, but every time I close Illustrator and open it again, they dissapear. Is there a way to make them stay?

Is there a plug in or some way to to send a Illustrator file to a graphtec plotter directly from Illustrator? 

Ever since I updated to the new version of Illustrator (v 29.1), when I move my guides, it makes all the vectors outline with a heavy contrast. How can I fix this? 

After use the cleaner tool and re-install the software, still fail to enter illustrator. Error message: dxcore.dll   Note: Renamed by Mod

In my work, I have several libraries and one of them contains some stamps and icons that we use daily. However, when we place as copy this stamp from the library into the file we are working on, it loses the configuration and layout of the text, and this happens with text that is over a shape. Does anyone know why this happens?   

After having a hard time making patterns in the Pattern view, I reached out for help atthe Adobe tech support.I was asked to share my screen to solve a crashing issue. After I gave control of my MacStudio to the Tech support, the 1st thing he did was to Uninstall both versions of Illustrator without saving my preferences  (all my Swatches / Art Brushes, etc.) inside.After a few unsuccessful tries the tech gave up on the crash problem and told me that he would schedule another Senior Tech to take a look at the problem. The next day Senior Technical support checked the whole case. She looked at the screen-sharing session recording and confirmed, that the 1st Adobe tech support made a HUGE mistake by Uninstalling my Illustrator 2024-2025 without saving or asking me if he should keep all my Personal Preferences (User Defined Swatches located).The deleted patterns were around 45-50 approximately, 2 months of work.Then Adobe offered me a two-month free subscription when i

Bonjour je travaille sur une illustration d'habitude sur procreate et je suis passée sur illustrator pour un projet vectorise je termine mon illustration et je n'arrive pas à dessiner à l'intérieur d'une forme colorée  avec un masque d'ecretage  malgré les tutoriels...merci d'avance c'est urgent noon 

There are new many layers added into layer panel once I applied Expand Appearance to 3D image of "A" text. Is it is possible to explain reason for that?Create 3D Isometric Text Deep Illusion in IllustratorTime 2.52 My work shows this 

Ich kann in Illustrator 29.1 nicht mehr mehrere gleiche Verknüpfungen auf 1 x ändern.Ich habe die Bilder in einem Ordner, verschiebe diese nach dem Verknüpfen und will diese dann mit "Auf alle anwenden" auf einmal tauschen. Diese Funktion gab es in Illustrator 28.4.1 noch und jetzt in Illustrator 29.1 geht das nicht mehr. Kann mir da jemand helfen?

You have posted the solution for Photoshop but I am having the same issue in Illustrator. How do I fix it?

I had been using the generative recolor but today it keeps crashing when I try to use it. I've tried restarting the computer and the program. I've closed everything else and just had Illustrator open. I've tried opening in safe mode and it still crashes. The computer is a Mac that's up to date with the OS and has more than all the required specs. Please let me know how I might fix this. 

I have a small business that makes custom design art kits. Most of my time is devoted to copy and pasting images into label templates in photoshop, and was wondering if there is any way I can get it done automaticaly? I'm looking for a program that will take a list of images and automatically copy and paste onto a label template. Is Illustrator capable of doing this? I haven't needed it so far and don't want to invest in it if it won't help.I've attached two files to hopefully show what I'm trying to do. The first is the list of symbols I want to insert into the template for the labels, second file. At this time I'm copying and pasting each and would like to automate it.

Hello. So, I had to purchase an Adobe license to use Illustrator for school. My problem now is that I cant download the program as it seems that my laptop does not meet the necessary specs to run it. Now, I checekd my specs and I can't see whats lacking, so it would be of great help if someone could help me identify the problem here. Thanks in advance 🙂Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.71 GHz Geïnstalleerd RAM-geheugen 16,0 GB (15,8 GB beschikbaar) Apparaat-id 34E76C35-700D-4849-882B-512ECFBDF7C8 Product-id 00330-51014-27339-AAOEM Type systeem 64-bits besturingssysteem, x64-processor NVIDIA Quadro M1000M

When creating a file in the latest version and saving in lower versions or one lower version, all text boxes collapse to a single letter, but when reopened and edited, the size of the text box fixes itself. Request to guide in what to be done to avoid these

hi, since the new update or even before there is one immprtant Button Missoing: "replace all". When i open a document in which i connected an other illlustrator document with several artboards, usually i was asked if i want to replace all of them at once. Now this possibility is gone and i have to replace the artboards manually!! Why? How can i avoid this? 

Hi everyone,For the past week I have been unable to drag and drop (to open) any PDF or ai files into my Adobe Illustrator (or PDF into Acrobat). I receive a lot of my work over email and am use to dragging it from the received email in outlook and hovering it over the selected and appropriate icon on my dock, then letting go for it to instantly open. This is now not possible. Also just right clicking the file while its in the email and selecting the correct application wont work either. It just opens the selected application but no file.A common message that sometimes appears is "Illustrator is not currently open" (same for acrobat) which is strange as they are definitely open. I'm currently having to save everything that gets emailed to me, even if its just a PDF with some information I need to quickly read.Is there anyway to fix this? It all worked absolutely fine before and meant I could work at a decent speed.I have no clue, and can't find anything online. Many thanks for any help!

Hello, I need to be able to set up multiples of the same image (periodically multiples of different images) in large documents that will be contour cut with a flatbed machine. The materials the images are printed on vary between 48x96 and 50x100 inches. The images will be linked from an original file. There is a special swatch set up so while I create the cutlines myself I only need to change the color to make it a cut line the machine can read. I know how to do everything, I am just looking for ways to do it all quickly. I need to pump these files out as fast as possible, but I'm struggling on a proper workflow/strategy/what have you to do so. Sometimes images have their own cutlines with a 1/4" space between and sometimes images can share a cutline. I have a coworker who has a few years more experience than I do who can seem to set up hundreds of images in no time flat, and I feel a disconnect on figuring out how to be as fast as they are.  I have asked for help,