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Text automatic convert to outline when copy and paste.

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February 16, 2020
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Hi, When I copy and paste text as paragraph the text converts automatically to outline!

I use illustrator 24.0.3 on Mac Platform.

Does anyone have any idea where this thing came from?

Thanks.

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Correct answer Lostindream

This is exactly, what happened to me. I have closed the Clippy app and everything working normal again. Thank you.

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quirky_Beekeeper5EE0

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I went to Settings > Clipboard handling and disabled SVG code. Seems to have helped for the most part.

My issue was copying Illustrator > Illustrator

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Clay240285720i3l

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I'm using Illustrator 29.3.1 on a macbook air with an M1 processor. This bug is happening to me often, but not all the time. To my knowledge I am not running any apps that enhance the clipboard in any way. It seems to happen most often when I have a lot of apps open at the same time which leads me to believe it has to do with memory. In some cases I've needed to delete images placed in my documents and restart in order to get text to copy properly. It seems like such a minor thing, but the work arounds are costing me a lot of time and frustration. Is there any kind of definative fix for this? Is Adobe going to fix this issue at any point? Thanks anyone for your help.

Monika Gause

Adobe Expert

Do you have any of this running?

Parallels Toolbox running with the Clipboard History
LogoTech Keyboard management software
TeamVewer Clipboard > Use Shared Clipboard
Apple iOS device simulator from Xcode
Windows Multi-clipboard
Windows Clipboard History
Clippy
Chrome Remote Desktop
Mouse Pointer Highlighter
AnyViewer
Pastebot app
Overzealous antivirus (Digital Guardian) as well as viruses that empty the clipboard
Vector Magic

Lopetz

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For me the bug appeared today without having any clipboard extension running. A Grouped object with text is outlined when copy/paste or cut/paste in Adobe Illustrator 29.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1. Btw: Alt & Shift doublicate the same group doesn’t outline the text. See attached video.

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Monika Gause

Adobe Expert

A couple of system extensions and third party apps can cause this.

One is named in this thread.

Lopetz

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thanks. I have closed all third party apps and all extensions, restarted Illustrator but the behaviour remains.

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theDanielJLewis

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I had this same problem and I found that Keyboard Maestro was the culprit. So I went into its Settings ➜ Excluded, and added Illustrator to the "Clipboard History" exclusions.

And then my text objects copied just fine (except the ones grouped with a shape, GRR!).

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Bigwig9010380

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OMG, thank you! I was losing my mind with this and that totally fixed it!

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markdc33

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This will be caused by any utility app on your system that enhances the clipboard, such as Clipy or Raycast. Simply quit those apps or add Illustrator to an exclude list if that's offered.

LostindreamCorrect answer

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This is exactly, what happened to me. I have closed the Clippy app and everything working normal again. Thank you.

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dinar16342420

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This really made me suffer for a while!

It'll only happen if you copy/paste the text along with a shape as grouped or something. Try to copy/paste only the text and it will be done with no issues.

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dinar16342420

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So basically just ungroup things then, copy/paste

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Brainiac

This sounds normal. Your original message seemed to say it only happened inside Illustrator (copy from Illustrator, paste to Illustrator). You can't expect to keep everything intact in styles and detail between different apps.