Is there any way to transfer a path or selection from Illustrator to InDesign?

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December 12, 2022
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I tried all clipboard handling settings in both apps and also by placing stuff as AI, but I only get a rectangular frame in InDesign, not any original freehand path as it was in Illustrator.

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Correct answer Chris P. Bacon

I would, but I can't get InDesign to produce that kind of object. When I paste, it's a path.

Please show us the layers panel.

I found the solution:

Freehand paths and shapes pasted into InDesign, some of them filled with text in InDesign:

It seems that the key was my clipboard handling settings and that I needed to ignore text wrap for the text frame when it was selected with the directs election tool in InDesign, and the text shape was brought over as a shape with fill not as a text shape, I made it a text shape in InDesign by clicking it with the text tool, I don't remember how I removed the fill of it. But I could remove it.

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How are your Clipboard Handling prefs set up?

Chris P. BaconAuthor

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With these settings I have active freehand paths transferred over from Illustrator to InDesign only with copy / paste (it does not work if placing an AI).

The freehand paths work with fill in InDesign, but also can be filled with text if selected with the direct selection tool and if maked a text box and "ignore text wrap" turned on in the text frame settings.

I transferred all paths with fill, none with text, I made them text later in InDesign.