Pasting symbols expands them

[gregmaletic]

When I copy a Symbol to the clipboard and then paste it, the resulting paste is no longer a symbol — it's been "expanded". Is this new behavior?

I'm using Illustrator 25.2.3 on macOS 11.3.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

That is not normal behaviour.

My system is older and I cannot replicate that.

Do you have clipboard enhancing software running?

Does it happen after a restart with only Illustrator running?

[gregmaletic · Accepted solution]

You diagnosed the problem correctly: I am running a clipboard enhancement called "Paste" (https://pasteapp.io) — never would have dreamed it would affect behavior in this way!

Thank you for the suggestion.

[Ton Frederiks]

Glad to hear you've got it working.

[Willi Adelberger]

How copy and paste works between Illustrator to InDesign is defined by the preferences, how you set them up.

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In InDesign in the Clipboard Section.

In Illustrator in the Clipboard Section.

In older versions you have to look into file handling.

But I would recommend to save as PDF or AI in Illustrator and place in InDesign as linked file.

[solk59486796]

oh! I use Pastebot and was having the same issue, driving me CRAZY. I've blacklisted illustrator from Pastebot and this fixed it.