How do you come out of Text Pixel to Text Select in Illustrator?

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July 1, 2022
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See how it's selecting each pixel of the letters. I want to switch it back to Text Select so I can Copy and Paste into Google Sheets.

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Correct answer Bill Silbert

The simplest way to tell if the text has been outlined is to go to the Outline Mode (View Menu>Outline). If the text is still live type then it will appear black in the outline mode. If it appears as outlined shapes then it is not editable as text. You will have to reset it as text if that is what you need.

Bill Silbert

Correct answer

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The simplest way to tell if the text has been outlined is to go to the Outline Mode (View Menu>Outline). If the text is still live type then it will appear black in the outline mode. If it appears as outlined shapes then it is not editable as text. You will have to reset it as text if that is what you need.

Kurt Gold

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In case it is live type, you may go to the Preferences > Smart Guides > Glyph Guides section and turn off one or all options that are listed there.

If you are not sure if it's live type, you may check it in the Document Info palette while the object is selected. Or you may go to Select menu > Object > All Type Objects. If the object gets selected, it is live type. Otherwise it's not.

Monika Gause

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Is it still text or has it been converted to paths?

AntDX316Author

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I'm not sure

Monika Gause

Community Expert

With that tiny screenshot: me neither.

How does the text look in Outline View?

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