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What should I do? Create outlines is not working for any of my fonts. The command is greyed out in the menu and the keyboard shortcut does not work either.
I have uninstalled/reinstalled Illustrator with no success. I have installed new fonts and it doesnt work for them either.
I have deleted the prefs file...still nothing...
Illustrator CC2017. Windows.
Thanks in advance for your assistance!!
Sorry if this sounds silly, did you select the type with the Selection tool (V)?
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Sorry if this sounds silly, did you select the type with the Selection tool (V)?
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Thanks for getting back to me- i am newbie... i thought I had selected the text correctly but see now how to do it.
>> You cannot just select the text with the selection tool (eg highlighting the text inside the "text box" does not work...
>>>> You have to click outside the text and (for us noobs) select the text as an object (eg text box looking thing) then the command will appear in the menu.
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Good to hear that solved your problem.
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Why am I dumb to not knowing this stupid simple thing?
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I did the same thing AND I am in a class on Illustrator...little tweaky things like NOT telling you HOW to select it would save eons of troubleshooting...no? THANK YOU!!!!
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THANK YOU for sharing something that seemed silly but wasn't. My instructor just said select the font, not specifically how. YAY! I did it!
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Thank you for pointing me toward the obvious!