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June 19, 2019
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Unable to resize the object with Selection tool in Illustrator

  • June 19, 2019
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I'm having an issue with selection tool to resize a text box.  I'm not sure why this is happening because it's never happened before.  When I click on the selection tool, it moves the object but does not resize it.  What's going wrong?

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    Correct answer Ton Frederiks

    Maybe View > Show Bounding Box?

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    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    June 20, 2019

    I hope there is a way to get your money back.

    I cannot call this a template.

    It is one huge artboard with elements that look like pages, (but they are not) with a rectangle behind them to make it look like a dropshadow.

    No text, no fonts, all outlined.

    Just a single layer.

    It would require a lot of work to change the outlined text, to create artboards and set up a workable layer structure.

    And the document has un untagged RGB color profile which would require a lot of effort to make it suitable for professional printing.

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    jerryc75922535Author
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    June 20, 2019

    Thanks Ton.  I was able to follow Meganchi directions and made it work and was able to print it. Thank you Meganchi.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    June 20, 2019

    Good to hear that.

    But I think that a good template should not make it so difficult to use.

      Ton Frederiks
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      Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      June 19, 2019

      Maybe View > Show Bounding Box?

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        jerryc75922535Author
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        June 19, 2019

        Yes, that did it.  Thanks Ton.

          Doug A Roberts
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          Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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          June 19, 2019

          It's #198351907


          No text element in that file is actually text. Everything has been converted to outlines. There are no text boxes.

          The vast majority of these sort of files on Adobe Stock are not 'templates' ready for you to decant your content into, because of restrictions on fonts. The files just aren't set up that way. The best thing you can do is use it as inspiration for your own design, and you can do that just by looking at the preview.

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