Why does Photospop elements 26 suck so bad? I've been using elements for years for simple edits and this is by far the worst version.

I find the layout very hard to use compared to the older versions I have. I have pretty much ditched it and continue to use 2018 and 2009 PSE which for my purposes are more efficient. I’m saddened that no improvements in usability were made. All the filters are the same ones that are in 2009. The interface looks like a piece of paper with no grey background or frames to help you find the tools you need. After cropping my image I couldn’t move it. It really feels like untested, unfinished software.

You can’t add multiple outlines (I assume you mean strokes) to editable text.

Quite often when users say “it’s glitchy” that means they don’t know how to do something. 

There are two primary ways of adding multiple strokes of different colors.  Use whatever method makes you all warm and fuzzy inside.

What I posted below builds on what Greg said. 

1. Add your text.
   2. Add a stoke.
   3. SIMPLIFY 
   4. ADD ANOTHER STROKE
   5. SIMPLIFY, and repeat.
   
   Just simplify the layer containing the test after each stroke and you will be fine.

 
This is a bit more detailed about fonts / rasterizing / and simplifying the text. 
You just can’t rasterize the text and add another stroke,  you have to simplify that text layer and probably erase all the white after you simplify.

Lorem Ipsum is a text placeholder, new to PSE 2026- it’s been around for  about 500 years.

 

​@Austin Woodrum, this is a user-to-user forum.  If you came here to rant, that’s fine.  If you want other users to help you find a solution, you are going to have to give us more details of your problems.  

What do you mean when you say the program won’t import files correctly?

When you say that the program won’t simplify text to add multiple outline colors anymore, what version are you comparing it to?  Do you mean it won’t rasterize the text layer?  I am not seeing any problem.  Please explain.

To which “you guys” are you referring to?