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text box comes in at an angle Illustrator 22.1

mospon
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Apr 23, 2018 Apr 23, 2018

New update brought me this. all text boxes come in on an angle. I also cannot draw a rectangle that is straight either.

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Monika Gause Community Expert
Community Expert , Apr 23, 2018 Apr 23, 2018

Preferences > General.

You'll notice where to set the angle to 0

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Monika Gause Community Expert
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Apr 23, 2018 Apr 23, 2018

Preferences > General.

You'll notice where to set the angle to 0

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Thank you

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Ray Yorkshire
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Apr 23, 2018 Apr 23, 2018

edit> preference > general

is the constrain angle  set to zero?

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Ray Yorkshire
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haha

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thanks for getting back so quickly. that worked.

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