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From: steggy on 29 Jul 2010 17:24 Jomar Bueyes schreef: > On Jul 27, 5:46 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Jomar, >> >> I think you should trash your preferences. Something is wrong. >> >> Peter > > Hi Peter, > > Thank you for your response. I just tried trashing the preferences (I > simply renamed the preference folder). However, when I did that > another problem arose. When I use the "shift" key to constrain > something (e.g. to draw vertical or > horizontal lines with the Line Segment Tool), the shift key has no > effect. That is, it doesn't constrain anything. Furthermore, the > option key (used to copy while dragging) has no effect either. So I > renamed the preferences folder back to its original name. > > Has anybody seen the behavior described above (i.e. the shift and > option keys having no effect)? Is there a solution for that problem? I > could not find anything in Illustrator preferences. > > Thanks again, > > Jomar Under Edit > Shortcuts (or is it Quick Keys)? Not sure if that works.
From: Jomar Bueyes on 2 Aug 2010 08:38 On Jul 29, 5:24 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Jomar Bueyes schreef: > > > > > On Jul 27, 5:46 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jomar, > > >> I think you should trash your preferences. Something is wrong. > > >> Peter > > > Hi Peter, > > > Thank you for your response. I just tried trashing the preferences (I > > simply renamed the preference folder). However, when I did that > > another problem arose. When I use the "shift" key to constrain > > something (e.g. to draw vertical or > > horizontal lines with the Line Segment Tool), the shift key has no > > effect. That is, it doesn't constrain anything. Furthermore, the > > option key (used to copy while dragging) has no effect either. So I > > renamed the preferences folder back to its original name. > > > Has anybody seen the behavior described above (i.e. the shift and > > option keys having no effect)? Is there a solution for that problem? I > > could not find anything in Illustrator preferences. > > > Thanks again, > > > Jomar > > Under Edit > Shortcuts (or is it Quick Keys)? > > Not sure if that works. Hi Peter, Thank you for your response. I tried as you suggested, but Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts shows only short cuts for the tools and menu commands. I did not find any keyboard short cut that would toggle the behavior of the shift and option keys from constraining and duplicating, respectively, to making them ineffectual. Thank you again for your response, Jomar
From: steggy on 2 Aug 2010 18:24 Jomar Bueyes schreef: > On Jul 29, 5:24 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Jomar Bueyes schreef: >> Under Edit > Shortcuts (or is it Quick Keys)? >> >> Not sure if that works. > > Hi Peter, > > Thank you for your response. I tried as you suggested, but Edit -> > Keyboard Shortcuts shows only short cuts for the tools and menu > commands. I did not find any keyboard short cut that would toggle the > behavior of the shift and option keys from constraining and > duplicating, respectively, to making them ineffectual. > > Thank you again for your response, > > Jomar Bit of googling: http://2tbsp.com/content/fix_shift_key_constrain_problem_adobe_illustrator http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=219316 http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050113004012243 If not: Hold down shift+ctrl+opt+apple when starting up the program. Reset everything and see if that helps.
From: Jomar Bueyes on 3 Aug 2010 08:21
On Aug 2, 6:24 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Jomar Bueyes schreef: > > > > > On Jul 29, 5:24 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Jomar Bueyes schreef: > >> Under Edit > Shortcuts (or is it Quick Keys)? > > >> Not sure if that works. > > > Hi Peter, > > > Thank you for your response. I tried as you suggested, but Edit -> > > Keyboard Shortcuts shows only short cuts for the tools and menu > > commands. I did not find any keyboard short cut that would toggle the > > behavior of the shift and option keys from constraining and > > duplicating, respectively, to making them ineffectual. > > > Thank you again for your response, > > > Jomar > > Bit of googling: > > http://2tbsp.com/content/fix_shift_key_constrain_problem_adobe_illust... > > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=219316 > > http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050113004012243 > > If not: > > Hold down shift+ctrl+opt+apple when starting up the program. Reset > everything and see if that helps. Hi Peter, Thank you for the links. They are pretty informative, but with my luck neither of them seem to apply. Even though I use both Fire Fox and Entourage 2004, it did not make a difference whether they were running or not. I ended trashing the Illustrator preferences and settings folders and replacing them with the ones from my laptop (my desktop was having the problem but my laptop wasn't). That cured the problem. I just hope the problem doesn't show on both computers at the same time. Thank you again for all your help Jomar |