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When you paste a group of vector objects copied from one document into a document of a different resolution, the stroke on those objects does not scale in the same way as if you paste the same objects not in a group. Here is a recipe to demonstrate: Open the file stroke_scale_test.afdesign in Designer. You will see a simple document with a star and a line, each with a 2pt stroke. Copy the group titled "copy this group", which contains those two objects. In Publisher, create a new document with the A4 preset. Paste those two objects. Result A: The stroke is now .5 pt, and the stroke is visibly thinner relative to the size of the object. Go back to the Designer document. This time instead of copying the group, select both of the objects inside the group and copy those. Paste those two objects in Publisher somewhere near the first result (to visually compare). Result B: The stroke is still 2pt, and the stroke relative to the size of the object seems to match the original. Here are a few observations that I believe are relevant The source document in Designer and the new document in Publisher have a different resolution (72dpi vs 300). The objects themselves have the stroke attribute "Scale with object" unchecked. The steps can also be repeated with Publisher alone when pasting between two documents of different resolutions. However you choose to respect the "Scale with object" attribute when pasting between documents of different resolutions, I would still expect it to behave the same way whether copied in a group or outside of one. I tested on macOS 10.14.6 with Designer 1.7.3, Publisher 1.7.3 and Publisher beta 1.8.0.535. Thanks to @gafvert for his own helpful observations in another post: stroke_scale_test.afdesign