When you paste artwork within or between Illustrator files, the action is much slower than expected, or there are unexpected global objects in the target document (e.g., swatches, symbols, and brushes).
Try one or more of the following solutions, depending on which version of Illustrator you're using.
Choose your version of Illustrator:
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Make sure you're using the most recent version of Illustrator. Choose Help > Updates, or update Illustrator via the Creative Cloud desktop app.
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Prenos
Solving the issue for Illustrator CS5 and earlier requires one of the two following solutions. If the first solution doesn't fix it, try the second one.
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Find the Adobe Illustrator preference file. For example, preference files for Illustrator CS5 are located here:
- Mac OS: /[user]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/[language]/
- Windows 7/Vista: Users/[user]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/[language]/AIPrefs
- Windows XP: Documents and Settings/[user]/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/AIPrefs
Opomba:
On Windows, the Application and AppData files are hidden by default. If you need help revealing hidden files, see Show hidden files.
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Open the underscored file in a plain text editor such as TextWrangler (Mac OS) or UltraEdit (Windows). (Windows users should be able to use WordPad or Notepad as well). If the broken file is large, it can take a while to open. If your text editor has a maximum limit on the size of files it can open, use a different text editor.
Unexpected content is caused by issues from past versions of Illustrator that have been fixed in the current version. If you're working with a document saved in a previous version of Illustrator, opening the file in the current version may not fix the issue.
Unexpected global objects can appear in their respective panels, or not. Attempts to delete the unexpected global objects could fail, or could cause Illustrator to become unstable and quit suddenly.
If you save the document, then the document size shows a marked increase due to the amount of global objects added to the document. This invalid data can exist in a document long before it's noticed, so opening the document in previous versions doesn't always fix the issue. The invalid data can spread when you copy artwork from one document to another.