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February 7, 2017
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Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? I am still using the 5.0 version, and it has worked fine up until today when the Tool feature will not allow me to enter text into a project I am working on. What can I do to correct this?

  • February 7, 2017
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I am still using PhotoShop 5.0 and it has worked fine for me up until today, when I could not get the Tools feature to enter text into a project I am working on.  Apparently I accidentally did something to cause this, as it has always worked fine previously.  Can anyone suggest what I may have done to cause this problem?

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    Correct answer Jeff Arola


    Thanks for the screenshot.

    It looks like your Text color is set to white.

    Click on the field next to Color to change to a different color.

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    Trevor.Dennis
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    February 8, 2017

    ED J wrote:

    I am still using PhotoShop 5.0 and it has worked fine for me up until today, when I could not get the Tools feature to enter text into a project I am working on. Apparently I accidentally did something to cause this, as it has always worked fine previously. Can anyone suggest what I may have done to cause this problem?

    Save yourself a lot of messing about, and Reset All Tools.  That will get you back to the defaults.

    If this does not work for you, test the Type tool in a new image as suggested by cmgap.  If the Type tool is not working there, reset Preferences.  With pre CC versions that's  hit Shift Ctrl Alt, _right_ after opening Photoshop.  If you do not see a dialog box asking if you want to reset Preferences, you were not quick enough.  Not resetting Preferences is always a last resort because it is so annoying!

    cmgap
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    February 8, 2017

    Yes - the question I am trying to answer is if this behavior is specific to this document or all documents. If it's in the document are you using history? Have you saved, closed and reopened?

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    Anonymous
    February 8, 2017

    I have tried it on other documents and it does not work on those, either.  I have also tried closing the document, reopening it and trying it again...still not success.  I am a novice at this...what is "History?"  Where do I look to find that?  Thanks for your suggestions.

    cmgap
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    February 7, 2017

    Can you enter text in a new (different) document?

    gener7
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    February 7, 2017

    Are you talking about Photoshop CS5 or the much older (1998) Photoshop 5.0?  What version of Windows do you have?

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    Anonymous
    February 8, 2017

    It is Adobe Photoshop vrsion 5.0.  I purchased it in March of 1999.  When I switched to Windows 7 a couple of years ago, my computer tech modified it so that it would work on Windows 7 and it has worked perfectly until today when I ran into this problem of it not allowing me to enter any text.

    gener7
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    gener7Community Expert
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    February 8, 2017

    Sometimes I make the mistake of having my Text color set to White, the same as my Background.

    A Type Tool reset should clear this up.

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