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hanskfroschauer
hanskfroschauer
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November 11, 2023
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Can't paste vectors from Illustrator to InDesign anymore?

  • November 11, 2023
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For as along as I've used InDesign (and I was an early adopter back in the days), I was able to copy/paste vector elements from Illustrator to InDesign.

 

Since I got my new computer last week (M2 MacBook Pro, Sonoma 14.1, newest version of all CC apps), when I copy/paste from Illustrator to InDesign, it pastes elements as 'pasted graphics' (meaning pixels, not vectors), instead of groups of vectors, as it's done up until this point.

 

How can I change this? Is this a "feature" (and I mean that ironically) of the newest round of CC apps? Is the newest version of macOS the culprit? Either way, I need to get back to be able to copy/paste vectors/paths between Ai and ID. Help?

    Correct answer Willi Adelberger

    Go to the preferences in the clipboard section. There is the setting which is responsible for this behavior. Nothing hs changed since 2002 here. 

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    July 29, 2024

    Excellent! So glad you are back on track.

     

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      Melissa36704099jqwc
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      November 5, 2025

      I have been trying to figure this out for over a month, this finally worked! Thank you!

      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 11, 2023

      Hi @hanskfroschauer:

       

      Elaborating on Willi's answer, be sure Prefer PDF when Pasting is disabled (which it defaulted to for me in 19.0.1). This hasn't changed from earlier versions, but 19.0 had preference migration issues during the installation, so perhaps that played a role in the default changing for you.

       

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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        CICDe3ign!
        Participant
        February 15, 2024

        Thanks Barb! It worked.

          Willi Adelberger
          Community Expert
          Willi AdelbergerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          November 11, 2023

          Go to the preferences in the clipboard section. There is the setting which is responsible for this behavior. Nothing hs changed since 2002 here. 

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