Selecting test is not highlighted
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From: Jomar Bueyes on 26 Jul 2010 17:01 Dear Illustrator experts, I am having a problem with Illustrator CS 3 on a Mac (OS 10.5.8). When I select text inside a text box, the text is selected but not highlighted as it used to be. To select text, I place the cursor inside the text box and drag to select what I want. The only clue I have that the text was actually selected is that when I change something (e.g. regular text to italics), the change does take effect. I have not been able to find what setting got messed up to prevent the highlighting of the text. Is there a way to get back to the way it should work? What setting am I missing? Thank you in advance for any help Jomar
From: puzzle on 27 Jul 2010 04:26 Menu / View / Show Edges or Ctrl + H (on PC) *************************************************************************************** On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:01:51 -0700 (PDT), Jomar Bueyes <jomarbueyes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Dear Illustrator experts, > >I am having a problem with Illustrator CS 3 on a Mac (OS 10.5.8). When >I select text inside a text box, the text is selected but not >highlighted as it used to be. To select text, I place the cursor >inside the text box and drag to select what I want. The only clue I >have that the text was actually selected is that when I change >something (e.g. regular text to italics), the change does take effect. >I have not been able to find what setting got messed up to prevent the >highlighting of the text. > >Is there a way to get back to the way it should work? What setting am >I missing? > >Thank you in advance for any help > >Jomar
From: Jomar Bueyes on 27 Jul 2010 14:42 On Jul 27, 4:26 am, puzzle <nepisemM...(a)globalnet.hr> wrote: > Menu / View / Show Edges or Ctrl + H (on PC) > *************************************************************************************** > > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:01:51 -0700 (PDT), Jomar Bueyes > > <jomarbue...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Dear Illustrator experts, > > >I am having a problem with Illustrator CS 3 on a Mac (OS 10.5.8). When > >I select text inside a text box, the text is selected but not > >highlighted as it used to be. To select text, I place the cursor > >inside the text box and drag to select what I want. The only clue I > >have that the text was actually selected is that when I change > >something (e.g. regular text to italics), the change does take effect. > >I have not been able to find what setting got messed up to prevent the > >highlighting of the text. > > >Is there a way to get back to the way it should work? What setting am > >I missing? > > >Thank you in advance for any help > > >Jomar Hi Puzzle, Thank you for your response. I probably was not clear about what the problem is. I can see the edges of the text box when I select the box. No problem there. The problem is that when I select a portion of the text inside the box (e.g. the last three of 10 letters), my selection is not highlighted. As I mentioned in my original post, the only hint I have that the letters are indeed selected is that changes to the text (such as italics or subscript) do take effect when I apply them and only affect what I selected. Problem is that I sometimes select one more or one fewer letter and have to undo and redo after selecting again. Thank you again for your response, Jomar
From: steggy on 27 Jul 2010 17:46 Jomar Bueyes schreef: > On Jul 27, 4:26 am, puzzle <nepisemM...(a)globalnet.hr> wrote: >> Menu / View / Show Edges or Ctrl + H (on PC) >> *************************************************************************************** >> >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:01:51 -0700 (PDT), Jomar Bueyes >> >> <jomarbue...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Dear Illustrator experts, >>> I am having a problem with Illustrator CS 3 on a Mac (OS 10.5.8). When >>> I select text inside a text box, the text is selected but not >>> highlighted as it used to be. To select text, I place the cursor >>> inside the text box and drag to select what I want. The only clue I >>> have that the text was actually selected is that when I change >>> something (e.g. regular text to italics), the change does take effect. >>> I have not been able to find what setting got messed up to prevent the >>> highlighting of the text. >>> Is there a way to get back to the way it should work? What setting am >>> I missing? >>> Thank you in advance for any help >>> Jomar > > Hi Puzzle, > > Thank you for your response. > > I probably was not clear about what the problem is. I can see the > edges of the text box when I select the box. No problem there. The > problem is that when I select a portion of the text inside the box > (e.g. the last three of 10 letters), my selection is not highlighted. > As I mentioned in my original post, the only hint I have that the > letters are indeed selected is that changes to the text (such as > italics or subscript) do take effect when I apply them and only affect > what I selected. Problem is that I sometimes select one more or one > fewer letter and have to undo and redo after selecting again. > > Thank you again for your response, > > Jomar Hi Jomar, I think you should trash your preferences. Something is wrong. Peter
From: Jomar Bueyes on 28 Jul 2010 07:59
On Jul 27, 5:46 pm, steggy <ste...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Jomar Bueyes schreef: > > > > > On Jul 27, 4:26 am, puzzle <nepisemM...(a)globalnet.hr> wrote: > >> Menu / View / Show Edges or Ctrl + H (on PC) > >> *************************************************************************************** > > >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:01:51 -0700 (PDT), Jomar Bueyes > > >> <jomarbue...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> Dear Illustrator experts, > >>> I am having a problem with Illustrator CS 3 on a Mac (OS 10.5.8). When > >>> I select text inside a text box, the text is selected but not > >>> highlighted as it used to be. To select text, I place the cursor > >>> inside the text box and drag to select what I want. The only clue I > >>> have that the text was actually selected is that when I change > >>> something (e.g. regular text to italics), the change does take effect.. > >>> I have not been able to find what setting got messed up to prevent the > >>> highlighting of the text. > >>> Is there a way to get back to the way it should work? What setting am > >>> I missing? > >>> Thank you in advance for any help > >>> Jomar > > > Hi Puzzle, > > > Thank you for your response. > > > I probably was not clear about what the problem is. I can see the > > edges of the text box when I select the box. No problem there. The > > problem is that when I select a portion of the text inside the box > > (e.g. the last three of 10 letters), my selection is not highlighted. > > As I mentioned in my original post, the only hint I have that the > > letters are indeed selected is that changes to the text (such as > > italics or subscript) do take effect when I apply them and only affect > > what I selected. Problem is that I sometimes select one more or one > > fewer letter and have to undo and redo after selecting again. > > > Thank you again for your response, > > > Jomar > > 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 |