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fhdave
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resizing text boxes

Aug 3, 2012 2:55 PM

In CS 5, sometimes I can use the direct selection tool to resize a text box and sometimes it won't let me - the cursor doesn't change to the sizing arrows when I hover around the bottom right corner of the text box.

 

I've tried it when the bounding box is hidden and when it's showing. No luck. I can be working all day without problems and suddenly it won't work.

 

MacBook Pro. OSX 10.7.4

 

Thanks,

 

Dave

829 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: [scott w], Aug 3, 2012 5:00 PM
 
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  • Jacob Bugge
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    1. Jacob Bugge,
    Aug 3, 2012 3:17 PM   in reply to fhdave
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    Dave,

     

    Some applications have a bad habit of disturbing and confusing Illy. The usual suspects include

     

    Quicktime/iTunes,

    Quicken (Widget),

    Entourage,

    Google Earth,

    Zune,

    Some Firefox Add-ons,

    Spotlight (shortcuts),

    Fetch,

    Hulu,

    Cocktail,

    Cinch,

    RightZoom,

    Synergy,

    FontExplorer;

     

    and there are undoubtedly others.

     

    It may be worth finding out whether one or more certain other applications are active when it happens.

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    2. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Aug 3, 2012 3:18 PM   in reply to fhdave
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    It depends on how you select the frame. To be able to resize click on one of the sides first, not a corner anchor.

     
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    3. fhdave,
    Aug 3, 2012 3:22 PM   in reply to Jacob Bugge
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    Nothing else is running.

     
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    4. fhdave,
    Aug 3, 2012 3:26 PM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    I've tried clicking on the side with both the select tool and the direct select tool, I've tried selecting using a marquee. Neither changes the behavior. This is a type box that's threaded to another text box, but it always has been and everything worked fine until it didn't.

     
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  • [scott w]
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    5. [scott w],
    Aug 3, 2012 5:00 PM   in reply to fhdave
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    It's hit or miss here as well.

     

    An easier method is to simply turn on the Bounding Box if it's off, then use the Selection Tool to drag the Bounding Box handles. You can then turn off the Bounding Box again if you like.

     

    I dislike the bounding box so I tend to use the shortcuts - Command-Shift-B, v, drag handles, Command-Shift-B. It becomes easy once you do it a while. This is much easier in my experience than using the Direct Selection Tool and dragging the paths specifically.

     
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