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rdale1961
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October 26, 2011
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A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3

  • October 26, 2011
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In several instances I can't highlight text to copy or to edit, other times it works fine. If I click the radio button for the text in layers (other layers may be locked to prevent accidental selection), the baselines appears and I should be able to highlight the text, but I can't. If I highlight some other unaffected area of text successfully (unlocked layers), sometimes it will allow me to select the problem text directly after. Then it will go back to being a problem, why?

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      Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

      Yolu are probably accidentially hitting Cmd(Ctrl)-H which in Illustrator is the toggle for Show/Hide Edges (View>Show/Hide Edges).

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      vickyb99067892
      Participant
      July 17, 2017

      I'm having this problem, and it's not Select type by path, or edges.  Just want to delete the text.

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      vickyb99067892
      Participant
      July 17, 2017

      Nevermind, the group selection tool worked....I may be a dummy, but Illustrator is confusing and frustrating.

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 26, 2011

      Instead of highlighting the text, what exactly does Illustrator do? Which tools do you use? Is there some object positioned above the text? Could you show a screenshot?

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      rdale1961Author
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      October 26, 2011

      I'm using the general text tool, I've locked the other sublayers to avoid accidentally selecting those items. Then I click the radio button on the sublayer I wish to edit or copy, which reveals the baselines. Then if I click within that object to highlight text with the cursor, the text tool creates a new textbox/sublayer and does not highlight the text I intended.

      From: Monika Gause <forums@adobe.com<mailto:forums@adobe.com>>

      Reply-To: <jive-1854183576-rzb2-2-2dkba@mail.forums.adobe.com<mailto:jive-1854183576-rzb2-2-2dkba@mail.forums.adobe.com>>

      Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:49:40 -0600

      To: Roger Daleiden <rdale@fullcompass.com<mailto:rdale@fullcompass.com>>

      Subject: A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3

      Re: A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3

      created by Monika Gause<http://forums.adobe.com/people/Monika+Gause> in Illustrator - View the full discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/3992086#3992086

      Larry G. Schneider
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      Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
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      May 6, 2013

      where was this selected? I am having the same issue but I cannot find anywhere that I have that selected.


      In Preferences>Type is a check box to select the type only by path. Did you check View>Show/Hide Edges as well?

        Larry G. Schneider
        Community Expert
        Larry G. SchneiderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        October 26, 2011

        Yolu are probably accidentially hitting Cmd(Ctrl)-H which in Illustrator is the toggle for Show/Hide Edges (View>Show/Hide Edges).

          itakimasu
          itakimasu
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          October 8, 2015

          Thanks! This just happened to me!

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