I can only select one line of text at a time in Illustrator

Question

I have 7 files that I update every quarter. Each file is the same, but for different parts of our business. I currently have three of them open, and on only ONE of them, I am unable to select more than one line of text at a time.

It will only let me select the text on one line, no matter where I put the curser in the text block, I can only highlight that one line. But on the other files, I can select as much as I want...which is how these files normally work. I have worked using the same files for the last 9 months, so I'm not sure what's happened.

What I have I done to cause this and how do I fix it?

THIS ONE IS WORKING PROPERLY

THIS ONE ONLY LETS ME SELECT ONE LINE OF TEXT AT A TIME

jane-e · Answer

Please select the text with the Selection tool and show another screen shot.

Also, look at it in Outline View if necessary.

Is it Point text, made by clicking and typing, or Paragraph text, made by dragging with the Type tool and typing?

Are the pieces in one frame or separate frames?

If you click with your Type tool, does Ctrl + A select all?

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