Greyed Out Tools Illustrator

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February 12, 2021
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Help! I have got Illustrator on a 7 day free trial and I already have problems. Much of the toolbar is greyed out and I cannot use most of the tools! I have looked for advice and changed from basic to advanced and back many times, tried resetting essentials, the greyed out tools won't drag onto the displayed tool bar. What else can I try? This is so frustrating and not a great start for a beginner!

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Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

Don't uninstall and reinstall.

It depends what you mean bu greyed out. If they are greyed out in the menu on the right (2) (opened by clicking the three dots at the base of the toolbar), it means they are already somewhere in the toolbar.

If they are greyed out in the toolbar itself (1), something is wrong.

Note that (2) is not the toolbar. It is a menu used to customise the toolbar.

manal shanableh

Legend

What if something wrong?

If we changed tools from basic to advanced and resetting the workspace, and still we have grayed out tools, so next step is uninstall and reinstall!!

definitly!

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

It is a common mistake for new users to look at the customise tools panel and assume something is wrong because the tools are greyed out. That's most likely what is happening here.

manal shanableh

Legend

try to uninstall and reinstall, even in trial, all tools should be appeared

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Try Window > Tools >Advanced

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