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April 17, 2023
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Bullet Points Converted to Outlines Vanishing

  • April 17, 2023
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First of all the bullet points in Illustrator are so poorly implemented that they make my eyes itch.
But today's problem involves what happened when text boxes that are using bullet points when converted to outlines, they vanish. That's right when converting text that is using bullet points to outlines the bullet points disappear. However, when using "Flatten Transparency" they remain.
I hope there is a fix in the works because this is disrupting my workflow.

 

Thanks,

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    Correct answer Srishti Bali

    yes I am using the very latest version, 1 day ago I faced the same issue, I lost a huge amount of money after printing  the file 


    Hi all,

     

    We are glad to inform you that the issue has been resolved in our recent release version 28.6. If you are not already using the latest version, please update via Creative Cloud and share your feedback with us.

     

    Regards,

    Srishti

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    Timoniasty
    Participant
    June 6, 2024

    First you have to convert bullets to text.

    Type>Bullets and Numbering>Convert to Text

    then you can Create Outlines (Shift+Ctrl+O) all of the text, bullet points stay the way it should from the beginning.

      Mike_Gondek10189183
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      Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
      Community Expert
      June 7, 2024

      This post is over a year old. Try updating to AI 2024, does not happen to me on mac anymore, and I remember having to concert to text as mentioned to fix in the past.

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      Anonymous
      July 2, 2024

      2024 problem same remain

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 17, 2023
      @Profee  schrieb:


      I hope there is a fix in the works because this is disrupting my workflow.

       

       

      The bullets can be converted to text in the recent version. using the bullet submenu in the Type menu. Can be included in an action if that is what you need to do.

       

      Bullets getting lost when outlining text is how this works in InDesign as well, so the fact should be common among publishers.

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