text Block under Script in Illustrator

[almpax]

I am not sure why my Illustrator doesn't have the textBlock feature. I know you can find it under File>Scripts>textBlock but mine doest have the selection. The only ones shown are ImageTracing, SaveDocsAsPDF, SaveDocsAsSVG, and Other Scripts...

Help here.

Thanks

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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[Ton Frederiks]

I don't know  where you saw the textBlock feature script. I cannot remember it and what it should do.

[CarlosCanto]

it's this one Ton

https://aiscripts.com/illustrator-text-block/

Answering the OP

you have to install the scripts to get them listed in the Scripts Menu

[Ton Frederiks]

That could be it, Carlos. They have both the same name.

Somehow your script does not download in Chrome, but does in Safari and Firefox.

[CarlosCanto]

hmm I don't know what's happening, indeed it didn't download in Chrome when I clicked on the link, but right clicking and using "Saving link As..." works well

[Ton Frederiks]

"You can get it if you really want"

[Ton Frederiks]

Maybe you mean this:

https://gist.github.com/creold/4a6f3c4ad0174d9ad5f6463ba5c47696

[almpax]

Thank you

[Monika Gause]

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@almpax  schrieb:

 I know you can find it under File>Scripts>textBlock

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Yes. Many people on Instagram just run through that and then don't tell you that it's something you have to download. Or probably don't even know it themselves.

[almpax]

Thank you

[pk32868503]

Me too! Why Adobe remove some function in Scripts.....

[Ton Frederiks]

It has never been there, you need to download and install the script.

[Monika Gause]

Me too! Why Adobe remove some function in Scripts.....

By @pk32868503

Complain to the person who made the tutorial that they didn't tell you that the script needs to be installed, because it's always been third party. Also: the author of the tutorial probably didn't give credit to the author of the script.

[Sindhraj38713376urd9]

Not showing in textbook 

[Monika Gause]

You are learning Illustrator with a book and this is not covered? What exactly?

[CarlosCanto]

Not showing in textbook 

By @Sindhraj38713376urd9

what's not showing? The Script in the Scripts menu? yeah no, text books don't show third party scripts for the most part. Read the previous comments in this thread to get it to work.