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MAINEmaggie
MAINEmaggie
Participant
March 10, 2023
Question

Issue with placed items / location

  • March 10, 2023
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I have this persistant and annoying issue when I place items in AI; I seem to have no control over where they land on the art board.  It seems to always be on top of another item and when I go to move it shifts everything and is attached to other items (text boxes, images, ect.) beaneath it.  I have tried methods described, such as using the arrow / mouse to select a path for placement.

Any simple tips would be fantastic!

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Met1
Met1
Legend
March 10, 2023

Are you sure you mean PLACE?

When you place, your cursor gets "loaded" with the placed file, where you then place it is controlled by you by where you click to release (place) the file, or click and drag to scale while placing, on the layer or sub-layer you've choosen to be active.

When you PASTE the file gets centered on the artboard (on the top of the layer that is currently active).

You can also paste in front, paste in back, paste in place and paste (in place) on all artboards.

see https://helpx.adobe.com/lt/illustrator/using/moving-aligning-distributing-objects.html and "Paste an object relative to other objects".

If you are pasting items from muliple layers, things can get interesting - see "The Paste Remembers Layers option" on same page...

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 10, 2023

When you place them from the Place command, you place them from the upper left corner.

When you drag and drop, you place them from the center.

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