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August 21, 2025
Question

illustrator file has a greyscale almost duplicate of image when placed in indesign

  • August 21, 2025
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I have a pie graph that I made in illustrator (.ai file) that Im trying to put into indesign but when I do I'm getting a grayscale almost duplicate of the chart showing up in indesign, although the two narrowed slices in greyscale dont extend out like they do in the color graph that actually exists in illustrator (this also shows up in an exported pdf). I've tried resaving and relinking the file but nothing is getting the greyscale almost duplicate to go away. The illustrator file is in cmyk and the illustrator file was set up for print. Any idea on how to fix this? Top screenshop is the graph in illustrator, bottom screenshot is in indesign.

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Participating Frequently
August 22, 2025

I think the illustrator file got corrupted as I tried coping everything into a new file and it works now. May be time to reinstall illustrator as thats the second illustrator file Ive have get corrupted in about a week.

leo.r
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Community Expert
August 21, 2025

when you place the Illustrator file, click the button to show import options - is there anything suspicious there?

Participating Frequently
August 21, 2025

Everything looked normal there and when preview was turned on the greyscale version was showing up as long as the actual graph was showing up as I played around with the settings.