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Waitaweil
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June 6, 2017
Question

Create text boxes instead of selecting text

  • June 6, 2017
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When I try to select text to edit it it crates a new text box on top of the previous one instead of letting me edit the existing text.

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    janiceyip
    Adobe Employee
    janiceyip
    Adobe Employee
    June 6, 2017

    Hi AWeil​,

    Are you on Mac or Win? And what tool do you have selected? If you're using the select tool, you can double click into the text box to select the test. If you're using the Text (T) tool, you should be able to just click into the existing text box. If you click too far out, it will create another text box for you.

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    WaitaweilAuthor
    Participant
    June 7, 2017

    Hi,

    I am on a Mac (laptop) and use an external mouse.

    I select the text with the text tool. But unless I am very careful and only

    after several attempts do I manage to not create a new text box but rather

    the existing text.

    Alexandra

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