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Moving Guides/Artwork with Guides - "Can't Move the Objects" Error

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November 15, 2017
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I recently downloaded the Updated 2018 Illustrator, ever since then I cannot move artwork groups containing guides without adjusting them first.

I work in the sublimated apparel industry so most often these groups our the company's logo (less than 2x2") and the guides for the logo placement on the artwork.

Now when trying to move a group like this I receive the error pop-up saying "Can't move the objects. The requested transformation would make some objects too large."

To remedy this I have to zoom all the way out and move the end points of the guides away from the edges of the work area so that I can move/rotate the group as needed. Even though Illustrator automatically makes the guides the entire height/width of the work area.

I have experienced frequently in the past a similar error message when trying to move clipping masks that contain artwork that would go outside the bounds of the work area (which is also insanely inconvenient), but I had never experienced it before when trying to move guides.

Is this an issue being worked on?

Please advise!

Also, why is it necessary to have a constrained work area?

Thank you!

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

I made an Illustrator Action that makes the guides 75% smaller (but you can change the percentage).

Maybe that's usefull before moving objects and guides together.

It downloads on my machine as: Make guides smaller.aia.txt

Just remove the .txt extension before loading it in the Actions panel.

Edit: start the action with nothing selected.

Hope that helps.

See: Adobe Creative Cloud

Randy Hagan

Community Expert

Guides take up the entire application window, and when you move something and move the guides, it can result in the error messages you are seeing.

Try first selecting the View>Guides>Lock Guides menu command (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+; on the Windows platform, Cmd+Opt+; on the Mac) and try moving your artwork group(s) then. It should work. To toggle movable guides again, use the keyboard shortcut to select the View>Guides>Unlock Guides menu command, then move the guides manually where you want them. If you do this a lot, using these keyboard shortcuts will quickly become second nature.

It's not the most desirable course of action if you want to move both the artwork group(s) and the guides, but it should help get you through your jobs.

Hope this helps,

Randy Hagan

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Please discuss feature request in http://illustrator.uservoice.com

There it is also more likely to get an answer from tech staff.

KA_SublimationDesignerAuthor

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Thank you greatly! I have reposted it there.

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