A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3

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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

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

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

Monika Gause

Community Expert

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

Participant

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>>

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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

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

Which icon does the cursor show the moment you click? Perhaps you have checked "Select Type by path" in preferences. In this case you must click exactly on the baseline to select the text