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mobileoz
mobileoz
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December 22, 2016
Question

Rectangular Marquee not showing selected area

  • December 22, 2016
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Photoshop CS5.5, Windows  10

Rectangular Marquee is not showing selected area. It shows the cross where I start selection and the path to where I end selection, but not the actual selected area. When I click Edit, it shows option to "Undo Rectangular Marquee" so PS knows I've done it, but it does not display and I can't do anything with it. Eliptical Marquee words okay, just not Rectangular. Spent days searching forums etc and even phoned Sydney customer support and they can't help. I'm desperate

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      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 22, 2016

      Ctrl h  ?

      [EDIT]  Forget that.  I can't make the marching ants turn off prior to making a selection.  Only after.

      mobileoz
      mobileozAuthor
      Participant
      December 22, 2016

      Ctrl H only hid my guides, marquee selection still not showing

      mobileoz
      mobileozAuthor
      Participant
      December 22, 2016

      Surely someone out there can offer some suggestions including the PS support team. As I said, I've wasted days trying to solve this problem searching various forums as I need to get this artwork finished for customer approval. I've been using PS for so many years I can't even remember how long (since 1991, version 1.?) and never had a problem I couldn't solve until now, so it's gotta be some simple stupid old guy setting somewhere that I've overlooked or somehow done by mistake. Any suggestions from you tech savvy experienced youngsters or help would be muchly appreciated.

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