Warped text with original Blue outline / overlay or something

[jkline3]

So how do I get rid of this from being over my text when i drag / hover over it? It's annoying and I can't do anything over top of it with it like this.

[John T Smith]

The Lounge Forum is not for technical help, please provide the name of the program you are using so your message may be moved to the correct program forum... A program would be Photoshop or Dreamweaver or Muse or Premiere Pro or ???

[jkline3]

Illustrator. Great then move it to the correct forum, I have no way to edit my post

[Szalam]

It's moved.

[jkline3]

better yet, how do I make type as an object to alleviate this issue?

[Szalam]

[Szalam]

That will make it uneditable.

[Szalam]

This will just make the text outlines:

[Monika Gause]

THe blue is caused by smart guides. Just turn them off.

[jane-e]

If you expand it or outline it, you won't be able to edit it.

Turning off Smart Guides works, as per Monika.

So does locking the object. These two methods are non-destructive.