Is there a way to tell how many objects (paths) I have selected?

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April 14, 2009
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Is there an easy way to tell how many paths I have selected in Illustrator CS4?

I have a bunch of tiny line segments on the artboard, I want to make sure that I have enough for what I need, and I don't want to have to hand count hundreds of them to be sure... is there a readout somewhere in the Illustrator UI that'll tell me how many things I have selected??

How to

Correct answer BenWMac

Go to Window > Document Info, in the popout menu on the right side make sure Selection Only and Objects are checked. If the lines (and only the lines you want to count) are selected, the number of lines will be listed next to Paths in the pallet.

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Participating Frequently

Adobe Illustrator 2024 V. 28.5 >> Amount of selected objects info GONE!

Hi guys, the info that tells how many objects are selected does not exist anymore. Where is the info?? Why is this "tool" / doc info not included in the update version? How can I count the objects in Illustrator?

Where is the information: number of selected objects?

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

View > Document info > Objects?

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Participating Frequently

@Ton Frederiks : NO.

This menu is not existent anymore.

rafaellondon

Participating Frequently

Here is a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIsaPwIOi6M

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Life_of_Brian

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You Genius! Thank you so much. Just a simple thing maybe, but it has changed my life. I have to order numbers of different concrete slabs from designs, & I used to have to count them all up by hand...

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Lm1611

Inspiring

I couldn't think of a way to Google this question until stumbling upon this thread which gave me the exact answer. Excellent BenWMac.

BenWMacCorrect answer

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Go to Window > Document Info, in the popout menu on the right side make sure Selection Only and Objects are checked. If the lines (and only the lines you want to count) are selected, the number of lines will be listed next to Paths in the pallet.