Pasting Symbols to all artboards duplicates Symbol in the panel

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January 9, 2019
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Currently, if I copy and paste a symbol to all artboards, then it also copies them within the Symbols panel -- one for each artboard. I'm working in Adobe CC, latest update, on a Windows OS. This happens whether I use keyboard shortcuts or the Edit menu, and even if I only copy-and-paste one instance at a time. The only method that doesn't do this is holding Alt while click-and-dragging one at a time. Any idea how to make this stop?

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Correct answer MurzNN

Maybe you can submit a bug report here:

Adobe Illustrator Feedback

Here Pasting symbols now creates unique symbols instead of instances of the original symbol – Adobe Illustrator Feedback is bug report about same problem, so let's vote for fixing it.

John Mensinger

Community Expert

Can't reproduce here, at least not with consistency.

In several different sequence combinations, I did get one instance in which the symbol paste resulted in a duplicate (one duplicate when pasting to 5 artboards) appearing in the Symbols panel, but now I can't seem to reproduce that, so I don't feel certain I have full grasp of the conditions under which it occurred that one time.

23.0.1 in Win 7 and Win 10.

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

What kind of objects does your symbol contain? Can you perhaps provide a sample .ai file?

There used to be a pretty old bug in conjunction with symbols that contained rasterized objects. Don't know if that may be related to your issue.

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davidp5147769Author

Participant

Unfortunately, I can't provide the AI file. But I think you're right about the kind of objects the symbol contains. There was a logo in it that contained a bunch of objects that Illustrator only classified as "non-native art." When I removed the logo from the symbol, the paste functions worked perfectly. Then, I pulled apart the layers and got rid of all the non-native art, and it worked again.

Do you happen to know if there's a way to get around that glitch without pulling the troublesome object?

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

There may be ways to sail round the issue, but without getting a chance to take a look at the original .ai file (or a similar one that contains at least one problematic symbol instance), it is rather difficult to provide further assistance.

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