Copy and Paste gradients from Indesign...

Hello,



for some reason when I copy and paste an object with a gradient from indesign to Illustrator, the object becomes colorless....What happened to the gradient? I can copy and paste a solid colored object from Indesign to illustrator (and for some reason then, when I copy and paste an object with a gradient from illustrator to Indesign, it acts like a ''placed'' image....what's that about????)



Can anyone tell me the best way to transfer a gradient swatch from Indesign to Illustrator, without having to regreate it? And why when I paste objects from Illustrator to Indesign, Indesig treats it as a ''placed'' image (meaning that once you double click on it, the hand pops up allowing you to move within the bounding box, like with an image)



Thanks...



Thank you very much