Can't resize elements in InDesign CC using selection tool

I recently switched to InDesign CC and can't resize text boxes or image boxes and their contents using the usual shift/command, drag. Is there a new preference in CC?

I am having the same issue. Also, the option/drag to duplicate an item is not working.

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Christian - That's right. When the "selector" ROI tool is used for an image, the ROI can be adjusted by resizing or translating. I don't want users to be able to resize but they can translate, if necessary. So in the attached picture, the cross cursor would stay available but the resizing nodes on the ROI would be gone or disabled. Thanks for your help. This problem is not a show-stopper but it would make the program more robust to user errors.
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I updated to Photoshop cc 2014 and now can't resize the images like I used to.

I updated to Photoshop cc 2014 and now can't resize the images like I used to.
I used to click on the image and then go to the corner hold down shift and resize it. Now it won't do it.
How do I do it now?
I have a project deadline and need to do this asap. Panicking that I won't meet my deadline.

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What is going on, when I go to use selection tool the hand tool is coming up and I can't change or work! What is going on?
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I am getting behind on a project, help!
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visualsolutions,
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
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You have to make sure that one of the grids (Left, Right, Horizontal) is active.
Just check the widget that appears when you select the Perspective Grid Tool. You can click on those sides of the cube with the Perspective Grid or the Perspective Selection Tool to make one of them active. You can also press the key 1, 2 or 3 to make either of those grids active.
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Using selection tool to Cut image into pieces...

Hi all,
I was just experimenting with my Painter image editing software in my computer, and I just thought about an effect that I performed in my Painter software.
Actually, what I did is best show in images attached here. Please use them as a guide to my questions.
In Painter, I used the selection tool to seperate parts of my image as seen in my attached image. I just wonder whether one can do the same thing in after effects too.
Thanks and hope to here your responses to my question.

Ok. Thanks for your great tips as I'll see where I can go from here.
Ugoharris.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:46:28 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Using selection tool to Cut image into pieces...
Like Steve said, you'll have to use masks. To keep it clean and predictable, draw all your masks as needed, then duplicate the layer (Ctrl+D). then delete the masks on a given layer that you don't need. What is to become the background with "holes" also will need the mask modes to be set from the default Add to Subtract. Once you have everything, you may wish to use the pan behind tool (Y) to move the layer anchor points into the centers of the masked shapes, so animation becomes a bit more predictable.
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Illustrator crashes when I use selection tools?

As of last night, every time I use the selection tool to click on an object, Illustrator crashes without giving me a crash report. I've already tried restoring my preferences and that hasn't helped.
I'm running OS 10.6.8 and Illustrator CS6 16.2.1
Also, for what it's worth, I am also unable to use the selection tools to move objects in InDesign. This started happening at the same time.
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Hi - thanks for your comments. It was happening on all of the selection tools however I have solved the problem by changing the 'Advanced Graphics Processor Setting' to 'Basic' in Photoshop CC.
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