Difficulty copying/pasting symbols from Word into Illustrator

[PaulKraemer1]

Hi,

I am using Illustrator 24.1.1.  I have created an illustration (in attached file Legend.ai) into which I would like to copy/paste some graphic symbols that were sent to me in a Word document (attached file Symbols.docx).  I have tried this with two symbols already (for the "Start" and "Open" symbols).  When I copy these to the clipboard in Word and then paste them into Illustrator, I see thumbnails for the symbols in the list of objects under the current layer in the "Layers" panel, but I cannot see the symbols anywhere on my illustration.  Furthermore, whereas normally I can select an object in my illustration using the "Click to target" link next to the object's thumbnail in "Layers" panel, I cannot seem to select my pasted symbols.  If anyone can tell me the easiest way I can copy/paste symbols like this from Word into illustrator, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,
Paul

[Ton Frederiks]

You cannot attach .ai files here, you need to share them using sharing apps like CC file sharing, WeTransfer, Dropbox...

[Peter Villevoye]

Seems like you're well on your way with using Copy/Paste.

Could you describe or give a screenshot of what they look like in Word, preferably a close-up ?

And could you try toggling from Preview to Outline, to see if any rectangular shape comes in view ?

Note: Illustrator also uses a special feature called Symbols, so don't get mixed in in the verbatim 😉