The Expand button is just there, when you have a respective object selected. And then it is just for expanding that object. ... View more

@HyltonWarburton_SW  schrieb: We are experiencing a similar issue using Illustrator CC 2025 v.29.7.1 : working on files saved to Google Drive, using MacOS Sequoia 15.5. We work away on a file (hitting save manually and frequently) and hours later experience a crash and autorecovery AND the actual saved file produce results that show that no actual saving had been occuring throughout the day. This gut-wrenching. Do we start saving files locally? How do we know that our files are acutally saving when closing and reopening reveals that nothing has been saving even though it says it has been?   Can you turn off "Save in background" in the preferences? ... View more

Object on Path tool. Adjusting their sizes will be a major pain though. You would have to do that in advance.   I don't even think you could do it easier with one of the Astute Graphics plugins.   If a sequence will be repeating along the path and you don't mind them being distorted according to the path, the pattern brush could be an option as well. ... View more

So far I have only seen that for Live paint groups and Image Trace. It will not appear when a live paint group is selected together with a different object. So it equals the dedicated expand command. ... View more

What is it that you actuall want to do? Maybe you can share a screenshot? ... View more

Can you reboot the computer and try again? ... View more

You can create Repeats (Radial, Grid, Mirror) THey are live objects and you can select them. ... View more

Blend > Expand will just expand blends even if you have also selected Repeats. Object > Expand will expand everything it can expand. ... View more

@julio5ECD  schrieb: So what are those files for? and why are my recovered files hours old instead of the 2 minutes that was set up in the file handling configuration¡   The recovery function is not an autosave. And you are hurting yourself when treating it like that. ... View more

Since it is a logo ... Will you ever need to cut it to have it on company signage? Or any other special technique?   In that case you cannot use raster based effects, such as glow or blur or any of that.   If you just want a version that is purely vector based, you could check out blends or gradient meshes. But you probably will not be able to achieve the same visual appearance. ... View more

I don't think I understand the goal.    You want to make a compound path? Or turn those shapes into lines? ... View more

Yes, outline stroke.   It gives me hope that Google still cannot interpret my polyglott table of Illustrator menu commands https://www.vektorgarten.de/illustrator-polyglott.html  ... View more

As I wrote: I would try a light stroke and have it interacts with the background using transparency.  ... View more

PLease show a screenshot. ... View more

Should that be a live effect?   To me this looks like a combination of several things. A pattern (or just a texture) inside the letters that adds some light and dark spots, could be generated from some worn out structure such as rust. And then a lighter stroke or maybe inside glow that is set up with reduced opacity and probably a blend mode and interacts with the background. ... View more

If you want to get notified about the progress, please vote on this bug report: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/50337300-bug-cannot-access-hands-on-tutorials  Add your experience in case it is not already mentioned there.   Uservoice is what the engineers read and answer to. Not this forum. ... View more

@Profee  schrieb: Have started having these issues all of a sudden and it's causing me to lose work because it's not actually saving, at all and I need to force close the app as it won't close while "saving". I know Adibe will saying it's because of a third party app, or "the cloud" but this have never happened before whatever the most recent update was.  Maybe focus on useful features and functions that designers need rather than features that make anyone a designer.   Does it work when you turn off "Save in background" in the Illustrator preferences? ... View more

Which version of Illustrator is it? ... View more

If "Save in Background" is turned on in the Preferences, can you try turning it off? ... View more

Some materials allow you to change its color. ... View more

@Lesje  schrieb: Please update. It's so unpleasant that ESC and arrowkeys are not working properly.   They have just posted that they cannot reproduce it. They can't fix what they can't reproduce. ... View more

Which features are limited? WHich version are you using? Please give us a number Please tell us about your system and hardware. ... View more

Please add your feedback on uservoice https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/38253112-allow-to-change-color-width-of-border-edges-fo  ... View more

@pmp_9996  schrieb: It's often seen being used on social media. I seen it this morning being used on Instagram, Said it was on the latest Beta version, I downloaded latest beta this morning, Still cant see it.      Beta version 29.9 14 Do you have artwork selected? Is that artwork grouped? ... View more

Did you already reset the preferences? ... View more

The colors of materials can sometimes be changed in the materials options. Once you apply a material, the fill color doesn't matter anymore. Only the color in the material does. Like this: https://youtube.com/shorts/Qj0Wy-zFLpk?feature=share  ... View more