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February 12, 2021
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Greyed Out Tools Illustrator

  • February 12, 2021
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Help! I have got Illustrator on a 7 day free trial and I already have problems. Much of the toolbar is greyed out and I cannot use most of the tools! I have looked for advice and changed from basic to advanced and back many times, tried resetting essentials,  the greyed out tools won't drag onto the displayed tool bar. What else can I try? This is so frustrating and not a great start for a beginner!

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Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 18, 2021

Don't uninstall and reinstall.

 

It depends what you mean bu greyed out. If they are greyed out in the menu on the right (2) (opened by clicking the three dots at the base of the toolbar), it means they are already somewhere in the toolbar.

If they are greyed out in the toolbar itself (1), something is wrong.

 

Note that (2) is not the toolbar. It is a menu used to customise the toolbar.

manal shanableh
Legend
February 19, 2021

What if something wrong?

 

If we changed tools from basic to advanced and resetting the workspace, and still we have grayed out tools, so next step is uninstall and reinstall!!

 definitly!

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 19, 2021

 

Advanced, means that all advanced tools must be appeared. if not as you said, there is someting wrong.

 


Yes. But they will appear greyed out if they are already present in the toolbar, as they should be.

 

If tools are instead greyed out in the actual toolbar, rather than the customise window, then we will know that something is wrong. But we won't know that unless the user replies.

manal shanableh
Legend
February 18, 2021

try to uninstall and reinstall, even in trial, all tools should be appeared

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 12, 2021

Try Window > Tools >Advanced