: Placing Items from Illustrator to Indesign I'm trying to place an illustrator CC file with many artboards all into an Indesign CC file. When I paste in the illustrations, the bounding boxes

@Angela777

I had the same problem and I created a new file in Illustrator with a much smaller art board. I moved the vector object (this is a logo) into the smaller file and sized it to fit the art board. I then moved it into InDesign and it was fine.

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@Kaufman565

Simple and fastest way. Save your illustrator vectors as an EPS or PDF (High Quality, or Press Quality). Then simply File > Place in InDesign.

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@Phylliss782

Don’t paste content into InD!

Okay, that takes care of that nightmare. I’ll let others explain the limited exceptions to the rule.

Check your vector display settings

InDesign tries to spare your memory by displaying linked vector files in a pixelated preview mode. It assumes you know what it looks like. However, unless you’re working in a huge file on a sub-par workstation, it’s not necessary these days. Jump into your settings and drag that slider on up.

Depending on your version, the screen is pretty similar going a looong way back:

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@Turnbaugh909

Using InDesign and linking to external files via File > Place is generally the best method.

While copy/pasting is certainly possible from Illustrator to InDesign, the paste can sometimes be problematic to edit later depending upon the actual artwork. Using the Place method allows you to edit the original, in Illustrator, then the link will update.

Placed vector images should look great if your display settings are set properly. Check View > Display Performance. I think by default it may be set to Typical. Try setting it to High Quality. You should see instant improvement in the display of your placed Illustrator files.

The display performance setting is there to allow you to view low resolution proofs while working in an effort to speed up screen redrawing. This was pretty critical many years ago when it was introduced. With the way technology moves, today's systems, and video cards, are capable of more faster so often you can simply leave it on 'High Quality` and forget about it.

To set the Display Performance setting default, with no document open in InDesign, choose the option you want from theView menu. Or, again with no document open set the Preferences > Display Performance to what you prefer.

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