Invisible Symbols in Reopened AI File

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February 24, 2021
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Hi there,

Some symbols are not visible when I saved the file and reopened it. When viewed in the Outline preview(commend+Y), the symbol is visible and exists in that position, but is not visible when viewed in Preview. If I double-click the symbol and enter the edit symbol and exit, the symbol is shown as previews. The symbol that disappeared always disappears when I reopen it even if it is recreated.
I'm using a lot of symbols to link each artwork, so it's so hard to click on some invisible symbols one by one.

Has anyone else experienced this problem, or does anybody have some advice as to how I can resolve it?

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Correct answer Jiwon5FF9

Mac 10.14.6, Illustrator 25.2

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/9d21f321-ab48-4f75-47d4-11af08418767

Oh Ton, I can see the symbol when you break the symbol, ungroup, and re-symboled it not using drag&drop! I think this problem appears when multiple items are moved to a single symbol.

But I can do this from now on, but I need to manually re-symbol the problem to my 400 artboards I've already created... haha... 😞

By the way, thank you all for trying and giving me an idea to solve the problem!

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

I can see your problem in your file.

Double clicking the symbol in the Symbol panel to edit the symbol, selecting all and ungroup it seems to solve it.

tromboniator

Community Expert

So, Ton, you and I must be seeing different things: makes no visual difference to me whether the symbols comprise groups or not. I wonder why that is. Or am I misunderstanding what I'm looking for?

Peter

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

I did this. On the left the invisible symbol selected. In the middle the invisible symbol when moved a little.

On the right the symbol in editing mode where I ungrouped it.

If you only move the symbol to make it visible and save the file, it will be unvisible again the next time you open it. Ungrouping solves it.

tromboniator

Community Expert

Even if it's difficult, you can select these invisible symbols? If so, does the Appearance panel perhaps show an opacity of 0%? Or some other attribute/effect that might make it invisible in otherwise ordinary circumstances? Just taking a stab here.

Peter