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Tom258935824rl2
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October 22, 2025
Question

Indesign randomly ignoring Illustrator artwork

  • October 22, 2025
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Sometimes when I place an Illustrator artwork into InDesign, it arbitrarily ignores certain elements of the design.
The only solution is to duplicate the artboard and hope it picks up that one. This can take 10-15 attempts.


This bug slows the workflow down a lot — anyone got a solution?

4 replies

Mike Witherell
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Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
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October 23, 2025

Hi Tom,

What happens if you simply press Shift+F5 to redraw the InDesign screen?

Are you using the correct File > Place to bring in the Illustrator artwork?

Mike Witherell
Bill Silbert
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Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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October 22, 2025

Are you using any third party plug-ins with InDesign, Illustrator or your operating system? If so try disabling them and see if the problem persists. If this does turn out to be the case then make sure that the plug-ins get updated for full compatibility with the programs and the OS.

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    Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
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    October 22, 2025

    Are the ignored parts of the Illustrator design on separate layers? If yes, have you checked to see if the visibility of these layers are turned on?

      BobLevine
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      BobLevineCommunity Expert
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      October 22, 2025

      We've got almost nothing to go on. You could start with some screenshots to demonstrate the issue along with versions of InDesign, Illustrator and your operating system.

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