Ai Files Paste Board appears white in inDesign

[Graemezee1]

Over The last couple of Days   ai files  which  normally  appear with transparent Backgrounds   in Indesign   All applications  versions  are the latest of Adobe CC

The artboard  of the Ai file appears to have a white fill there is no white fill   and I find  if I save the file as an eps  that the file will display correctly

Over the years I have   migrated away from eps file preferring the native ai format which  means I can define artboard size  which is better for placing and updating  file in InDesign   When i output the files to print quality pdf  files  the artboards remain white so it  not  just the display thing

Has anyone come across this  is it a bug  or is it something to do with my  set up as  there  has  been  no recent upgrade  for this to start happening  

Appreciate   any info or insight into the problem

On A Mac Pro Early 2013   which is still the latest  machine   and  all up to date with OS 

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Graemezee1  wrote

Over The last couple of Days   ai files  which  normally  appear with transparent Backgrounds   in Indesign   All applications  versions  are the latest of Adobe CC

When you choose File > Place in InDesign, click once on the filename, then hold down Shift before you click Open to get Options for placing the file. (Or enable Show Options.) Turn on Show Transparency. It is an option, and is sticky.

[Graemezee1]

Thanks for that I don't  know  how that got unticked  in the first place  Been using  Indesign  for years  and  not had this issue 

Learn something new every day.   Must admit  I was focusing on Ai.  I Recall at some point  you had to set up your  preview settings as pdf to get them to display with transparency 

Thanks for the tip

[jane-e]

Gremlins, I'n sure! Glad you are up and running quickly!