Slice and knife tool not working in Illustrator CC or CS6

[debbieholdner]

Hi,

I am trying to slice an object in Illustrator using the slice tool (with guides) as well as the knife tool. It will make the slice sections but when I drag the section, the object is not sliced or cut, it remains intact. My shape is a close shape, it's filled. My object is also selected. I have tried Googling this and tried doing this so many ways but my object as well as any simple shapes that I create are not sliced. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Doug A Roberts · Accepted solution]

The slice tool doesn't cut objects, it creates 'slices' (divides the file into sections for web export).

The knife tool (found under the scissors in the Advanced toolbar) does -- but you might want to show or better describe the exact outcome you want as there are other tools that might be more suitable.