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Winginsue
Winginsue
Inspiring
January 24, 2012
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How do I turn on the showing of the cursor position?

  • January 24, 2012
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I just noticed that my cursor position is not showing when I work in illustrator.  I've looked through all the settings and tried to find information on the web but am having problems.  I'm using CS5.5.

Thanks for your help. 

Suzette

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      Correct answer _scott__

      Shown in what way?

      The cursor position is shown in the Info Panel (Window > Info)

      Or if you turn on Smart Guides (View > SmartGuides) You'll see things like anchor positions or distances when drawing, but it's not really the cursor position specifically.

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      Badbarra
      Participant
      November 30, 2014

      Just for the sake of someone reading this post, I am using Illustrator CC 2014 and if you select the Anchor Point Tool (under the pen tool) the X,Y coordinates will show in the Info viewer (Window > Info) as you move the cursor so it is possible to quickly see any position of any anchor.

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        boriaj2014
        Participant
        December 20, 2014

        That's much simpler and accurate that reading numbers in the ruler. Thanks!

        Jacob Bugge
        Community Expert
        Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 24, 2012

        Suzette,

        Are you unable to see where it is on the Artboard/in the Workspace unless you use the buttons? And is the issue only with Illy?

        If so, you may try the following (you may have tried/done some of them already) and see whether it helps:

        1) Close down Illy and open again;

        2) Restart the computer;

        3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup;

        4) Move the folder with Illy closed;

        5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options;

        Even more seriously, you may:

        6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool, and reinstall.

        http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

        _scott__
        _scott__Correct answer
        Legend
        January 24, 2012

        Shown in what way?

        The cursor position is shown in the Info Panel (Window > Info)

        Or if you turn on Smart Guides (View > SmartGuides) You'll see things like anchor positions or distances when drawing, but it's not really the cursor position specifically.

        Winginsue
        WinginsueAuthor
        Inspiring
        January 24, 2012

        Hi Scott,

        You are awesome!  It was the view>smartguides.  That was what I needed.  Thank you so much.

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