How to edit text of a brochure template .eps file?

[Guest]

Hello everyone, I am a new user of Adobe Illustrator.

I downloaded a tri-fold brochure template from freepik. I am unable to replace the text for these brochure files. When I hover over the pre-existing text only "path" or "anchor" shows up but I cannot go in with the type tool and simply erase and replace the text. I am wondering is there a solution to this or do I need to erase the text and manually insert it on my own. I only have this issue with brochure templates for some reason. Thanks

[Monika Gause]

The text has been outlined. You can only delete it and create new text objects.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/creating-text.html

[Guest]

Thank you Monika. Is there a way to select all of the text at once and delete it? It seems I can only delete each letter individually.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

velac schrieb:

Thank you Monika. Is there a way to select all of the text at once and delete it? It seems I can only delete each letter individually.

Let's hope that whoever created the template did not ungroup the text. You can try:

- the selection tool: which one do you use? Should be the selection tool (black arrow). Shortcut is V

- in case there are no objects too close to the text, you can drag a rectangle around it to select more than one letter.

- layers panel (Window > Layers): maybe the text is on one specific layer. In that case: delete the layer

- same fill: select one letter and Select > Same > Fill. But this method might select other objects with the same color. Let's hope one of the other methods work

[kateg10847593]

I have the same issue. I like the font and design of the text that is in my EPS 10 brochure template. I don't want to delete each letter and start over. How can I edit the text?

[SJRiegel]

If the text has been converted to outlines, you cannot edit it.

If the designer of the template has not indicated what font was used, you could try websites like Indentifont or whatthefont to figure out what it was, and purchase it if you don't already have a license.