Scissors tool not working?

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
September 17, 2019
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I can't seem to figure out how the scissors tool works.

I'm trying to cut apart a logo from our companies advertising department to use part of it on a slide.

I'm trying to cut where the highlighted part is. I get this error message no matter where I try to cut.

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mowglivj

Inspiring

Yet another (the list is in the hundreds) buggy basic tool. When I try to use the scissors on a path I get an error message about 40% of the time. Selecting and deselecting the object to be cut a few times before cutting usually resolves the problem. Adobe please focus on making a solid, usable, reliable, PROFESSIONAL software rather than constantly adding unnecessary, bloated, all style-no-substance features.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

What is the error message?

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mowglivj

Inspiring

that I should use scissors on a path, which is exactly what I'm doing when the error pops up. As I said deselecting and selecting again makes the scissors work as expected. This flaw has been around for maaaaaaaaaany years.

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

jeljohns,

What happens if you ClickDrag across with the Line Segment Tool (find it under C in the link below) where you wish to cut, then Object>Path>Divide Objects Below, then select the unwanted part (if the Selection Tool fails you, you can Alt/OptionClick with the Direct Selection Tool), then press Delete?

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tools.html

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dwightliv

Participant

Turn off "snap to grid"? I find that with it turned on, the scissor tool will often miss the outline and not do anything. For a long time I thought it was just a random tool failure.