I've gotta reopen this one ...
I tried all the solutions -
> Object > Expand..
Nothing.
> Object > Expand Appearances
Greyed out.
> Select > Remove stray points
Nothing.
> Quit out of Illustrator. Reopened AI file.
Nothing. Still the same effing message.
Background: This was a Word .doc saved out as a PDF file, which I then opened in AI and did a create outlines.
I un-grouped everything, unlocked everything. Can't move it. I can copy it tho, paste into a another layer in the same file. But I can't paste it into another AI document. Get an error message - 'Can't past the objects ..'
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