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I have an issue with one of my Illustrator files, it will not let me select or edit anything in the file. I have tried the same file on a different computer and same thing. I tried renaming the file, restarting my computer. There are no locked layers. Nothing seems to help at all, I cannot do anything. I also tried updating Illustrator (the problem started before I updated), but it's still doing the same thing. Does anyone have any ideas what the problem is?
I couldn't figure out how to properly select my question as answered, but yes it turns out I had locked all the objects on my art boards and forgot about it!
F7 key and unlock layers panel
Unlock a selection Alt + Ctrl + 2/ Option + Command + 2
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Have you restarted the computer?
Does it work with a newly created file?
Does it work when you go to View > Show edges?
Does it show selected stuff in the layers panel?
Which version and system is it?
Please show screenshots of artwork and layers panel.
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Show edges worked! Weird... but problem solved...
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Be sure you you have Show Bounding Box (CTRL+Shift+B) option selected
Be sure your object are not locked - Use CTRL+Alt+2 to unlock all on your page
Tyr to use CTRL+H command to show/hide eadges of your object
Be sure you have vector object instead one bitmap file
maybe it helps?
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Thank you so much
i dont know how but my objects were locked so i wasnt able to make any changes and work on it
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I couldn't figure out how to properly select my question as answered, but yes it turns out I had locked all the objects on my art boards and forgot about it!
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I'm having this problem, but in a different way. After a recent Illustrator update, 'Unlock All' or Opt+Cmd+2 doesn't work the way it used to. About 1/4 of the time, I'll use the keyboard shortcut, and I still can't select something I locked earlier with Cmd+2. I have to go to my layers palette and sometimes dig down into the multiple layers to unlock it manually. It's very annoying. Anyone else experiencing this?
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F7 key and unlock layers panel
Unlock a selection Alt + Ctrl + 2/ Option + Command + 2
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It worked. Thanks.