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law clerk
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April 10, 2023
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Drawing a rectangle

  • April 10, 2023
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When I want to draw several rectangles in a row, I seem to have to click/choose the rectangle every time I want to use it. How can I choose it and use it several times in a row?

 

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Correct answer Nesa Nurani

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There is a little pin on a same toolbar where you select circle tool, click it to keep tool selected

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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April 13, 2023

@law clerk  Did the answers from Nesa and Bernd help you? If so, please mark them as the correct answer, it can help others in the future.

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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April 11, 2023

You can pin the tool. 

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    GrangerMorton
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    April 11, 2023

    as a matter of interest, does say the knife tool stay activated, or does that behave the same??

     

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    law clerkAuthor
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    April 11, 2023

    The only tool that stays after selection is the line tool and the highlighting tool. I just tried most of the tools and they all seem to work once besides those two.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    April 11, 2023

    Are you sure you are talking about Illustrator? Where do you see the highlighting tool?

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    GrangerMorton
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    April 11, 2023

    are all your rectangles the same??

     

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    law clerkAuthor
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    April 11, 2023

    No, they aren't. Does that make a difference? I mean the program doesn't know that I'm going to make different sizes when I make the choice to make one. Here is a sample of the document I use this on the most. See how the rectangle could be different every time? I type my notes on the document then I go back and put the box around them.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    April 11, 2023

    And you do the redaction in Illustrator? So you need to draw the black rectangles and delete the text below it?

    I cannot replicate your problem, could you make a screen recording of your workflow?

    As an aside, did you know that Acrobat has very good redaction tools that automatically remove the underlying text?

    pixxxelschubser
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    pixxxelschubserCommunity Expert
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    April 10, 2023

    The behaviour is still the same after restarting the computer? Can you please post a screenshot (small video)?

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    April 10, 2023

    That is not normal behaviour, once the rectangle tool is selected you can draw as many as you like.

    Did you try to restart your computer?

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    law clerkAuthor
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    April 10, 2023

    I have done several things and nothing works. I have never been able to do it. It has always made me choose it over and over.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    April 10, 2023

    Try resetting your Preferences.

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