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Unable to rezise any object or text box

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Jun 16, 2009 Jun 16, 2009

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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?

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Jun 16, 2009 Jun 16, 2009

As I've said, bounding box are already turned on.

It happens with any object or any text box in any document, even if I create a new document. I can't resize or rotate with the move tool (black arrow) and I also can't transform objects (moving only one line or one point..) with the direct selection tool (white arrow). The only thing I can do white these tools is select.

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New Here , Aug 07, 2023 Aug 07, 2023

Shift + Ctrl + B  solution worked for me aswell, thanks

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Oct 23, 2015 Oct 23, 2015

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jacobM33 schrieb:

I have the latest version of illustrator, and i can't seem to scale an object using the black arrow, selecting an anchor point and dragging! It won't allow me to resize Ive tried everything... you use to be able to scale without having to go into object-transform-scale-etc. Does anyone know how I can do this?

Thanks

Please read the thread you're posting in. The answer has been given a few times.

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New Here ,
Oct 23, 2015 Oct 23, 2015

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I actually just figured it out from some help from above comments...

scale...it's shift+command+B

NICE!!!...

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Nov 27, 2015 Nov 27, 2015

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i did the same thing and it was the tool presets for the move tool    try resetting them

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Jan 28, 2016 Jan 28, 2016

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OH MY GOD thank you for this post and for the responses. I was pulling my hair out today.

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New Here ,
May 14, 2016 May 14, 2016

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FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO's PROBLEM WASN'T SOLVED WITH

Contro+Shift+B

TRY INSTEAD
Contro+Shift+H

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May 15, 2016 May 15, 2016

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Alberto Sanchez Aguilera schrieb:

TRY INSTEAD
Contro+Shift+H

This shows and hides the artboard. Which resizing problem exactly do you want to solve with it?

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New Here ,
Jul 04, 2017 Jul 04, 2017

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Actually it could also be because one of your objects are not expanded.

Select each object and go to "Object" > Expand Appearance.

Resizing worked for me after this!

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Jul 05, 2017 Jul 05, 2017

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novajoseph94  schrieb

Actually it could also be because one of your objects are not expanded.

Not in 2009 and not now.

Expanding your objects should never be necessary in order to be able to scale them.

On top of that it's a bad idea,because making changes will be rather painful afterwards.

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Jul 05, 2017 Jul 05, 2017

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worked fine for me, though

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Oct 08, 2019 Oct 08, 2019

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Thank you, this worked for me.

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Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020

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The bounding box solution did not work for me, but the "Expand" command did. 

I hope that helps someone.

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