Adobe Illustrator: Transferring on Object from one document to another?

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HELP!!
I'm in the midst of a Logo Project and am stuck with an AI issue.  I need to transfer some objects (vectorized word-copy) from one AI document to another document.  I find I can do it with Copy/Paste (and have adjusted my Clipboard Preferences to AICB, which I thought might be the "missing ingredient"), but every time, it comes out in a form which has no stroke and fill.  This is friggin nerve-wracking!!  Tried dragging and "Place" too:  Same result.  

The palette shows a black stroke and blue fill (and sometimes a "?") but they do not show, and cannot be adjusted.  THANKS.

Yes, I COULD redesign each of six object in my several mascot documents, but this would be a very inefficient way to operate.  What--the h*ll--am I missing here? ; )

drnovlamas · Accepted Answer

I had the very same problem..and it was driving me up the wall.  The solution seemed to be this:

1.  Make sure the object in the Original Document has a stroke.
2.. Make sure no problem with Layers. In Layers click “Paste Remembers Layers.”  
3.  In the Original Document (with both documents open on same screen), Select the object (making sure the ToolBox is above this document), and choose "Copy."
4.  Make sure  that now the ToolBox is above the Destination Document.  
5.  Paste (or drag) the item into the Destination Document.

You also want to insure that in your "File Handling & Clipboard" (under Edit and Preferences)  you have checked AICD.

VOILA!!!!  You have your object in the Destination Document, with all its characteristics!!!

Anonymous · Answer

The best evidence of that is that they released a convenient PDF, which only allows 1 layer, and the libs follow their pied piper. When you have an image with many layers, you can convert it to a PDF which only allows one layer and for this reason its a smaller file. This had to be done to have the green background, the BC was scanned and pasted on the green background, then when the PHOTOSHOP file was converted to PDF it looks like one layer. Try to convert a power point presentation with few layers and size of 20mb into a PDF, it comes out as one layer and become 3mb size. FYI, I have edited images many times didn't need no youtube videos to know it, it was obvious in the first sec when I saw the 350k PDF.

laughter_6 · Answer

Are your documents the same color modes or is either one have set ups that would conflict with the other one?  Anything screwy with your layers?

I hope one of those helps.

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