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sarahpeller
sarahpeller
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June 6, 2019
Question

Free Transform Tool Jumping

  • June 6, 2019
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I'm using the latest version of Illustrator CC 2019 on a macbook pro.

When I try to resize text, the free transform tool bounces around. It jumps from large to small and I can't control the size of the text...

Anyone know what's going on? I've tried restarting the computer, but still got the same issues...

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    KShinabery212
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    KShinabery212Community Expert
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    June 7, 2019

    Could you share a screen recording of what is happening?

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      sarahpeller
      sarahpellerAuthor
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      June 7, 2019

      sarahpeller
      sarahpellerAuthor
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      June 7, 2019

      It's not just happening with text, I am realizing. Pretty much anything that I resize with the free transform tool. You can see in the video, that I'm slowly resizing, but the shape is jumping around so much that at the end it jumps right off the page and I can't even get to the shape anymore.

        barbara_a7746676
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        barbara_a7746676Community Expert
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        June 7, 2019

        I'm not able to replicate this issue with the Free Transform tool.

        If you hold down Shift while dragging it will keep the proportions of the text without distorting it.

        On the other hand, I seldom use the Free Transform tool to transform text. You might find that easier. Select the text with the black selection tool. Under the View menu make sure that the Bounding Box is showing. and then use the corner and side handles to resize the text.

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