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Sharpie D
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October 30, 2013
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Illustrator CC: text selection not highlighting

  • October 30, 2013
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I have a basic document in Illustrator CC. The document is just text boxes for an organization chart.

When I go to change text in a text box, specifically trying to select text and edit the text - their is no text selection. I cannot go into a text box and double-click to select text, nothing selects and/or their is not selection color.

How do I fix text selection?

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    Correct answer Mike_Gondek10189183

    Often you may think you have nothing slected, but just the mode for showoing edges has been toggled.

    View >> show edges. 

    Command H Mac or CTRL H on PC

    If you try to select and indeed nothing gets selected (you can hit dlete key as a test adn then undo) could be a number of issues

    1. locked layer
    2. locked object
    3. mask or other item on top is interferring
    4. it is a symbol
    5. it is in an opacity mask
    6. might be in an envelope

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    dmbshaw
    Participant
    October 10, 2014

    Command/Control + H  worked perfectly for me!  Thanks a bunch!

      Mike_Gondek10189183
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      Mike_Gondek10189183Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      October 30, 2013

      Often you may think you have nothing slected, but just the mode for showoing edges has been toggled.

      View >> show edges. 

      Command H Mac or CTRL H on PC

      If you try to select and indeed nothing gets selected (you can hit dlete key as a test adn then undo) could be a number of issues

      1. locked layer
      2. locked object
      3. mask or other item on top is interferring
      4. it is a symbol
      5. it is in an opacity mask
      6. might be in an envelope
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        christhekid
        Participant
        October 21, 2014

        Thanks, that was driving me crazy

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