Illustrator 29.7 | Enhanced Artboards, Colors, Find setting faster, & Improved User Interface

[HARSHIKA_VERMA]

Hey everyone!

With the Illustrator v29.7 release, we’re excited to introduce powerful updates designed to make your design experience smoother, smarter, and more accessible. Please check what's new to learn more about this release. 

Update now to experience these improvements and elevate your creativity! 

Update the App Try out the latest Features and Enhancements in Illustrator.

Update Illustrator v29.7

Artboards Enhancements!

Work with artboards more intuitively—add or duplicate them right from the canvas. Rename multiple artboards at once. Easily identify the active artboard to stay focused while designing. Check this page for more details.

Colors Enhancements!

Work with color more precisely and flexibly across your designs. Smarter gradients and reusable recent colors make applying and managing color effortless. Streamline your workflow while enhancing creative control. Check this page for more info.

Instant Preferences Search!

The Search bar in Preferences helps you instantly find any setting. Just type a keyword—whether it’s for performance, UI, or tools—and jump straight to the option you need.

Improved Accessibility

Navigate with ease using screen readers, keyboard shortcuts, and enhanced accessibility settings across toolbars, menus, and panels.

Fixed Issues

Illustrator v29.7 also includes several bug fixes. Take a look here.

We’d love to hear from you!

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[JodyRadzik]

😂😭

[Kuttyjoe]

That's funny.  Interestingly, just today I saw a post where somebody was asking for it.  Not me though!

[AliHarwood]

Couldn't agree more! I've been using Adobe CS since version 2 (that's right - back when you had to insert a CD in to your hardrive to install it). This is the buggiest, most UX-backward release I've ever seen. And that's saying something.

[tfr_hlx_pt]

Hello, 

I've installed the 29.7.1 version of Illustrator and now I have a reocurring problem when I try to copy and paste something.

The app closes itself and there's an error popup message.

I've reinstalled the previous version and the same thing happens. 

Am I alone on this? :(((((((

Thank you

[shayj74602743]

I'm also having this issue. It doesn't matter if it's a shape or text. If I copy/paste, it just freezes and immediately shuts down. 

[Davide5EC7]

Hello,
Are there any updates or a rough roadmap for when UXP will be released for Adobe Illustrator plugins, similar to other products such as Photoshop?

Thank you

[Josh Hart Creative]

Issue: Snapping and Smart Guide controls for handles have stopped working.

[SF_surfer]

Hello! I installed the 29.7.1 version of Illustrator, and now my file will not save and it won't let me copy and paste into new files. What is going on with this?! I have never (in 20+ years of using illustrator) had an issue this bad. I've lost work that's due today and am now scrambling to rebuild in...I guess InDesign?!

[Allan33314788agup]

im having the same problem

[SF_surfer]

I'm sorry you're having the same problem! I ended up installing a version of Illustrator from a year ago, and so far so good (knocking on wood)

[hopeful_Mountain98A7]

Issue: After the last Illustrator update, I've got a new issue where I cannot save the file and quit Illustrator as usual. This happens from time to time, not with each single file, but still. When I press close, it asks if I wanna save the file (usual), then I save the file, but nothing happens, and then I cannot quit Illustrator, and it all over again and again. I can ONLY force quit via Activity Monitor. Then reopen the Illustrator to receive the recovered file. This has been happening every day since the last update, and it is so annoying.

[nicolec2190913]

Hello, two updates ago, "export as" started adding the name of the artboard (Suffix) to the end of the filename even with Suffix being unchecked. To get around this, everytime I restart Illustrator I have to go through the process of 1. Exporting a file (with Suffix unchecked). 2. Deleting the file because it has the suffix added. 3. Exporting the file again with Suffix checked. 4. Deleting that file because it has the suffix added. 5. Exporting the file again with Suffix unchecked. 6. File finally saved without the Suffix.

We export a lot of files where I work and everyone in my department is having the same glitch, so just wanted to let you know.

Thank you

[nicolec2190913]

I just wanted to add that the glitch goes away once I go through the process above and the files export without the suffix like normal, but the process has to be repeated everytime Illustrator is closed and restarted.

[Daniel Bevis]

Very buggy release for me:

Any other users getting this lil oddity saving error message every other day with the last 2 versions I wanna say? Like, it always then lets me save said file, but the error message itself is new to me in all my 15+ years of using the software 🤔 Other stuff happens too.

[Kuttyjoe]

Recent colors.  This is a feature that I feel like, I should like it...but I don't.  LOL.  It's not because it's not useful.  It's of course useful.  But I found that it created some kind of visual clutter for me and I couldn't find what I was looking for at a glance once it populated with color swatches.  So I turned it off for normalcy.  Also, there's a bug in there.  When the recent colors is enabled, the spectrum bar sometimes gets hidden.  Especially when resizing the panel below it.  I think I'll have to play around with it some more and see if I can get used to it.

[johnson_8344]

Thanks for sharing this update, Harshika! The new artboard controls and instant preferences search are super handy, and the color + accessibility improvements make the workflow even smoother. Excited to try these out!

[Tobias33102559st4l]

Hi, 

I am having two issues since the update:

1. Lines disappearing when selecting and dragging path: select multiple not connected paths, drag them around: at least one path will disappear while dragging -> placing it where it should be becomes impossible

2. Pasting text into textboxes: always changes formating from regular to bold and vice versa.

[mackimi]

Also ich finde dieses Update eine totale Katastrophe. Ich kann die vielen bugs gar nicht aufzählen!

Farbfelder = ich öffne eine Datei und die Farbfelder sehen nach meiner persönlichen Einstellung aus. Ich öffne eine zweite Datei und gehe dann zu der vorherigen Datei zurück. Die Farbfelder sind nun nicht mehr sichtbar und ich muss diese wieder anzeigen lassen und die Farbfelder sind auch nicht mehr so wie ich die Grössenanzeige eingestellt habe. Das beginnt von neuem wenn nochmals eine Datei geöffnet wird oder die Grösse der Farbfelder wird auch wieder auf klein gestellt. Auch wenn man zwischen der Listenansicht und Feldansicht wechselt. Es ist ein ewiges hin und her klicken und Einstellen. Zuletzt verwendete Farben habe ich ausgeblendet.

Schriften = Ich musste Textliche Korrekturen in einer Artwork anbringen. Plötzlich wurden die Schriftschnitte verändert. Bild im Anhang.

Retype = Illustrator stürzt ab, wenn ich diese Funktion benutzten möchte.

Voreinstellung = Cursor steht im neuen Suchfeld anstatt in den Zeilenschritten. Dies hat mein Arbeitsablauf extrem verlangsamt da ich sehr viel mit dem com k und den Tastenschritten arbeite. Dies sollte in der neuen Version, die in meinem Land leider noch nicht zur Verfügung steht, behoben sein.

Ich arbeite seit ca. 28 Jahren mit den Adobe Programmen und gestern stand ich kurz vor einem Nervenzusammenbruch!

Stellt lieber weniger Updates zur Verfügung und wenn dann sollte dies von den Adobe Mitarbeiter vor her gründlich getestet werden. Ich komme mir immer wie mehr wie ein Versuchskaninchen für Adobe Programme vor.

Zur Info: ich habe Illustrator 29.7.1 deinstalliert und wieder neu installiert und die Fehler sind immer noch da.

[Ton Frederiks]

Try the update to 29.8 your (check if it is already available in your region), many of these problems have been solved.

[JodyRadzik]

It has been noted in another post that the font substitution problem remains with 29.8, and there is a video which shows it. https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/fonts-changing-in-files-when-opened-in-illust...

[marvinj75944493]

The new thicker artboard borders are very distracting and not useful.

[TG & SP]

My large-format files are all converting down to 10%. What's going on?

[Ton Frederiks]

Where do you notice that, in Illustrator or another app?

[TG & SP]

At the moment, only in Illustrator.

We are a signage company, so we usually use a 'page size' of over 9,000mm. For a while, it's been great to be able to work at a 1:1 ratio, but when I save, close and reopen the file again, it converts down to 10%...

[Ton Frederiks]

Thanks, there were some reports lately about size problems and maybe this is part of it.

So you document started as a Large Canvas document. Can you try to zoom out as much as you can and look at the zoom percentage? Large Canvas docs can zoom out to 0,31%, but the problem files can zoom out more than that.