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April 28, 2011
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Bounding boxes will not resize

  • April 28, 2011
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Wether it's an existing file or new I can't resize text or picture boxes to fit. I have re-installed Illustrator but to no avail. Do I have a preference or style set incorrectly?

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    Correct answer _scott__

    Makes sense. I'd start by trashing the Ai preferences. (reinstalling doesn't remove preferences necessarily)

    On the Mac preferences are located in users/[you]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 settings

    Not sure where they are on the PC.

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    _scott__
    Legend
    April 28, 2011

    View > Show Bounding Box.

    Or do you mean you see the Bounding Box but it won't change?

    April 28, 2011

    Yes. I can see the box and its handles but cannot resize it.

    Does that make sense?

    Thanks, Peter

    _scott__
    _scott__Correct answer
    Legend
    April 28, 2011

    Makes sense. I'd start by trashing the Ai preferences. (reinstalling doesn't remove preferences necessarily)

    On the Mac preferences are located in users/[you]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 settings

    Not sure where they are on the PC.