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Participating Frequently
Sep 9, 2021 5:15 PM UTC
Question

Text Box Not Working

I'm working in Photoshop 2021 Elements and have a problem since updating.  The text box is not working.  When I insert the text box over any photo, the cursor is not in the box but in the corner box (or center or right if I change location) that's the box outline.  You can type, but it doesn't show because it's too small.  For the life of me I cannot understand why the cursor isn't coming up in the text box like it used to before updating.  Is it a BUG?  I've reset the multiple times, gone in and out, tried it on other photos, to no avail. Any idea/

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Participant
Mar 5, 2025 12:00 AM UTC

I'm running into the same problem with my photoshop 2025 on my Mac.  What's happening

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Glenn 8675309
Legend
Mar 5, 2025 12:42 AM UTC

Computer screen specs and screenshots when this happens sure would help.

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Greg_S.
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Jan 25, 2024 7:09 PM UTC

@Eva Auch can you be more specific.  Whether a particular font size is going to appear depends in part on the resolution of your image.

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Glenn 8675309
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Sep 9, 2021 11:49 PM UTC

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Participant
Jan 25, 2024 4:23 PM UTC

I was having the issue that my text wasnt showing up. Now its showing up, but in the wrong font size. I have to putin an enormous font size to make it show up? What do I do???

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Greg_S.
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Sep 9, 2021 8:06 PM UTC

Did you purchase Elements from the Microsoft Store? 

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Participating Frequently
Sep 9, 2021 10:21 PM UTC

No.  I've had it on my computer since I purchased it years ago, and downloaded and paid from the 2021 version updating from the 2020 version.  Interestingly, both versions are doing the same thing.

 

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