Bounding box around Text Illustrator CS2 12 Windows XP
My computer crashed while using Adobe Illustrator and when rebooting I have lost the bounding box when typing text. Now I am unable to resize my text. Any suggestions on how to get the bounding box back? Clicking the direct selection tool does nothing. I can outline the text but still no bounding box to grab and resize.
Should I reinstall Illustrator? Is there a default setting to go back to? If I shut down and reboot the same problem happens.
Is it just text objects or others, as well?
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<Unique 1291794>
<Pgf
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<PgfNextTag `'>
<PgfAlignment Right>
<PgfFIndent 0.0">
<PgfLIndent 0.0">
<PgfRIndent 0.0">
<PgfFIndentRelative No>
<PgfFIndentOffset 0.0">
<PgfTopSeparator `'>
<PgfTopSepAtIndent No>
<PgfTopSepOffset 0.0">
<PgfBotSeparator `'>
<PgfBotSepAtIndent No>
<PgfBotSepOffset 0.0">
<PgfPlacement Anywhere>
<PgfPlacementStyle Normal>
<PgfRunInDefaultPunct `. '>
<PgfSpBefore 0.0 pt>
<PgfSpAfter 0.0 pt>
<PgfWithPrev No>
<PgfWithNext No>
<PgfBlockSize 1>
<PgfFont
<FTag `'>
<FPlatformName `W.Arial.R.700'>
<FFamily `Arial'>
<FVar `Regular'>
<FWeight `Bold'>
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<FStrike No>
<FChangeBar No>
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<FDY 0.0%>
<FDW 0.0%>
<FStretch 100.0%>
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<FColor `Black'>
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<HyphenMinSuffix 3>
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<FChangeBar No>
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<FDW 0.0%>
<FStretch 100.0%>
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<PgfTag `Body'>
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<FWeight `Bold'>
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<FChangeBar No>
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<FChangeBar No>
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<FTsume No>
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<FPosition FNormal>
<FDX 0.0%>
<FDY 0.0%>
<FDW 0.0%>
<FStretch 100.0%>
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I don't see the red in there
I made another pdf, after deleting the red bar (it's a eps.) and the reb boxes are still there
I'm not using any master.
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2. There's no need post the same answer twice.
My answer: The stroke/line around a text box is all or nothing. If you want to eliminate the line between adjacent text boxes you'll have to draw a white line over the offending line to cover it up. Once this is done, select both text boxes and the line (using shift-click or command-click) open the Arrange menu and choose Group (or press Option-Command-G). This will keep the white line in place if the text boxes move.
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Bounding box around rollover images
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> one other question, do you know why some browsers are
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steer. What
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BEFORE you
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> Murray, Thanks for the code and for the information, I
had no idea it
> could be
> useful. It just looked odd on my rollover buttons. I am
a newbie at all
> this,
> barely knowing HTML (planning on taking a class) but
loving Dreamweaver. I
> have
> one other question, do you know why some browsers are
set for seeing this
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>
> I really appreciate your help and going to take your
advice and leave it
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