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November 18, 2023
Question

Knife tool acts erratically

  • November 18, 2023
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The knife tool in Illustrator acts erratically. When I try and cut a line it ends up going where ever it wants.

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Community Expert
November 18, 2023

Do you have Smart Guides turned on? That could cause some of the jumpy behavior. I'm often toggling Ctrl+U to turn it on/off when drawing/editing paths.

Monika Gause
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Community Expert
November 18, 2023

The Knife tool should ignore Smart Guides. How did you get them to interffere with the Knife tool?

Monika Gause
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Community Expert
November 18, 2023

Can you please show screenshots?

 

Do you use a mouse? A Wacom? The Wacom driver is currently not compatible.