Can't get text on a spiral path.

Question

I am using CS3. I've used a tutorial found on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tatYcybFdCo&t=561s) to create an Archimedes spiral and now I want to have text run along the spiral from the outside, just like in the video.

I created concentric circles per the video, moved the bottom half to create a spiral, then merged the layers. I made it into a path successfully. I then went to the Paths tab, selected the spiral path, and then clicked the text tool and attempted to place it on the path.
When I hover over the path, I get the correct "text path" cursor. However when I click, I get a small circle with an x in it. I am unable to type or paste or edit any text.

I uploaded 3 screenshots. 1: my workspace immediately before clicking the text tool.

2: showing that I have the right text cursor when hovering over the path

3: the result after clicking.

From this point on I am stuck and cannot add text to the path at any point. Please help!

Mylenium · Answer

Could simply be a bug or limitation in those older versions. As a start, try a different font. That said, perhaps your time is spent better learning how to draw a proper spiral from scratch without such hacks. the whole tutorial is just weird and the resulting path unnecessarily messy and complex.

Mylenium

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