Unable to rezise any object or text box

[Guest]

I'm unable to resize any objects or text box in any document. I'm using Illustrator CS3. Bounding box and edge are already turned on. Could anyone help me please?

[pdhhan]

The "correct answer" is not the answer. The answer is in the comment below it (trash preferences)

[SL Media]

Had the same problem. It was the bounding boxes. Thanks!

[ginar85213624]

I'm having this same problem on CS 2015. Is it an upgrade problem?

[jacobM33]

Select the object or box, and hold down shift + command + B

Sent from my iPhone

[erinb87262796]

Go to the View tab and select "Show Bounding Box"

[caitiegirl]

I had this same exact problem tonight. Been in Illustrator for several hours and then bah! couldnt do anything.

Thank you for posting the question and thank you to those that provided the answer to fixing!!! saved me a few hours frustration!

[Wade_Zimmerman1]

123 should  mark this answered as we can see it would help others.

[Dragonspyder]

THIS DIDNT WORK FOR ME

[Larry G. Schneider]

What didn't work? If you are trying to reset the preferences then you need to mash the keys as you click on Open/restart of the application. If you do it right you will get a confirmation dialog asking if you wish to reset the preferences.

[3frx]

did you try Shift+ctrl+B?

[Harron_K_Appleman]

did you try Shift+ctrl+B?

Please reread original post as well as posts 10 and 11.

[Alejandro Díaz Díaz]

awesome!!! it's that

[stephaniel22897245]

This did the trick! Thank you so so much!!

[el-dee]

Cntrl Shift B worked for me! Thanks

[basuki]

Thx CTRL SHIFT B

[dardanm75774769]

Thank you. It works for me with the same problem. Thankss.

[terezak50186047]

Thank you!!!!

[linnrah]

THANK YOU!!!

Thought I in some way had broken the whole program....

beginning to panic...

and then i found this. happy again:D

[jarmachacek]

I have the same problem in Illustrator CS3 and InDesign CS3 too. Verifying permissions, deleting preferences, reboot, reinstalling CS3, using CS3 clean scripts, reinstalling the system - nothing helped. I'm desperate, please, help me... Thank you in advance for any ideas!

Mac OS X 10.6.2, Adobe CS3

[Wade_Zimmerman1]

Try creating a new user account and log into that and see if all is not now right.

[jarmachacek]

I'm stupid that I have thought!!! MEGA-THNX!!! All is OK!

[jarmachacek]

joy was premature, even under the new account does not work I do not know what to do...

[jarmachacek]

Final solution is to disable BTT (BetterTouchTool - tool for Apple Magic Mouse)!!!!

[Wade_Zimmerman1]

jarmachacek

FYI when ever you come across a problem that all of a sudden pops up out of the blue for no reason, you no there is a reason and it is always an update a new install of a font, application, a haxie or a plug in and or a profile other form of calibration.

The only other things to suspect new or failing hardware. In the case of new hardware usually the drivers and usually going on line for the update solves the problem as you are probably not the first one to notice it.

However you may have been the first one to pin it down in which case you will do everyone a big favor by reporting it to Apple and who knows maybe the will ask you to become a Apple Seed. That's one of their beta software and hardware testers.

In the case of hardware failure it can effect your system as if you have a bug in the application and surprisingly from my experience…and this is hard to believe…it usually effects one application first and as the failure becomes more complete it starts to affect other applications and then finally the system.

A software update just disconnected one of my printers from a wireless network and I could not connect in frustration I turned it off for the third time and said to myself that I was just going to forget about this turned it back on and it connected.

So restarting often solves problems as well.

Check for updates to for an update from Apple or report if they fix it everybody will be pleased.

[drhite77]

I had same exact problem.  RESETing bounding box did the trick.  Object>Transform>Reset Bounding Box