: Pasting Paths from Illustrator to InDesign gives strange bounding box When I copy a path-object from Illustrator (I use CC 3.0.8.310) to InDesign, the bounding box of the object is totally screwed

@Rambettina927

Yeah, that annoys me too sometimes -_-
Anyway, whenever you copy Illustrator vector then paste into InDesign, it's always grouped right?

So, after you paste into InDesign:


ungroup the stuff (Ctrl+Shift+G or Cmd+Shift+G)
Shift-select the parts you need (this will DESELECT them)
then DELETE with all your might!! ! (it will delete the still selected invisible objects) :')




If while ungrouping you get an error saying "This value would cause one or more objects to leave the pasteboard":


move around the group so that it's within the pasteboard
and THEN you can ungroup them
deselect the stuff you need
then delete the invisible trash :')


I hope my explanation is okay. If you need further help, pls. just message :')

Cheers.

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@Shanna688

Normally your would place AI artwork in Indesign as a link, instead of copy pasting. That being said yes there are some situations where you will get a bounding box when pasting, but again most professionals would advise against pasting anything from AI to ID. Use links instead.

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