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

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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    Ton Frederiks
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    June 19, 2019

    Maybe View > Show Bounding Box?

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    Ton Frederiks
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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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    Inspiring
    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.

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    Ton Frederiks
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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.

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    Ton Frederiks
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    June 19, 2019

    Maybe View > Show Bounding Box?

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    Inspiring
    June 19, 2019

    Yes, that did it.  Thanks Ton.

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    Ton Frederiks
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    June 19, 2019

    Glad to hear that worked for you.

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