CS3: Join long paths comprised of many segments?

Hello! I understand using the white arrow to select the shared endpoints of individual segments, then Joining them to create one segment. Now, however, I'm faced with an entire urban road network comprised of individual segments which need to be joined. In FreeHand, you could select all segments in one road and click "Join." How can I achieve this in CS3? Thank you!

Thanks; this looks like it should fit the bill. However, I'm on a PC and it says "For Mac." Do you happen to know if it has a chance of working with my machine? Thank you!

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Hi,
I'm using Illustrator CS3 and have had to draw a map of the UK to show our companies different sales regions. I have done this by drawing the individual regions (5) and once they are all aligned, they make a perfect UK map.
I now need to join the paths to create just the outline of the UK so I have cut the inner lines which divide up the regions so all I am left with are 5 paths that I need to join. I have selected two end points and pressed {cmd J} and it comes up with the following message:
"To join, you must select two open end points. If they are not on the same path, they cannot be on text paths nor inside graphs, and if both of them are grouped, they must be in the same group."
None of the paths are grouped. They were all drawn using the pen tool.
I have made sure that all ends aren't directional.
Can anyone help? I don't really want to have to re-draw the lines again!!!
Thanks in advance!

Rosie,
You might want to read about the Join scripts described on
this page. The .zip contains an AI Javascript that lets you join multiple open paths at once, without having to tediously select the end points. (It also works on directSelected subpaths of Compound Paths.)
JET

Problem Joining Two Paths!

Okay so I have Illustrator cs3 and so lets say I want to join 2 paths on a text thing so 2 letters could be joined together and then have the stroke applied to the combined letter, not the separate 2 letters.
I have made some diagrams to explain my situation since it is hard to explain.
(note that the images on top and bottom are the same but I duplicated the top so the bottom is selected just so you can see)
#1: I make the text, I go to object> expand and click okay, then I add a double stroke. Now see how the g is overlapping the n which is overlapping the i which is overlapping the t etc. I want to join the top of the letter s to the letter top left bar of the letter t for design purposes.
http://qualitylogos.net/diagram/diagram%201.jpg
#2: I go into outline mode so it is easier to see and work in. Then I moved the points of the s and t together and deleted the 2 vertical bars that were previously there using the scissor tool, now the joints (on the top and bottom) are directly on top of each other.
http://qualitylogos.net/diagram/diagram%202.jpg
#3: So I use the direct selection tool and highlight both points so i can join them and make one combined letter and I go to object>path>join and I get this error, how do I work this out and fix this because its really frustrating coming from photoshop where it is really easy to do.
http://qualitylogos.net/diagram/diagram%203.jpg
Here is the .ai file for illustrator cs3 if you need it:
http://qualitylogos.net/diagram/diagram.ai
I hope these files helped you and thanks for checking my thread out, I hope I can get this solved soon :)

> I want to join 2 paths on a text thing so 2 letters could be joined together and then have the stroke applied to the combined letter, not the separate 2 letters.
You want to create a ligature: Two characters merged into one glyph.
> I make the text, I go to object> expand and click okay, then I add a double stroke....I want to join the top of the letter s to the letter top left bar of the letter t for design purposes.
> I moved the points of the s and t together and deleted the 2 vertical bars that were previously there using the scissor tool, now the joints (on the top and bottom) are directly on top of each other.
> I use the direct selection tool and highlight both points so i can join them and make one combined letter and I go to object>path>join and I get this error...
Illustrator's Join command is completely lame. It requires you to select endpoints; it can't join more than two paths at a time; and it can't join paths in different groups. (This latter is what is causing the alert you are seeing.)
But you are going at this in too difficult a manner. For what you are trying to do, all that tedious cutting and joining is not necessary.
Set the text. Convert it to paths (Text>Create Outlines). The result is a Group. Apply the Add Pathfinder (and expand if in CS3), or use the Merge Pathfinder. That will union the overlapping characters.
There are also ways to do this with the text remaining live. Essentially, you apply the outlines at the TextFrame, Group or Layer level, instead of at the individual path level. Example:
1. Set the text.
2. Black pointer: select the text object (not a text range of characters).
3. Appearance Palette flyout: Add New Stroke. Drag the stroke to below the Characters listing.
4. Repeat step 3 for additional strokes.
If you then want everything to flattened to paths, use Expand Appearance, followed by the Add and/or Merge Pathfinders.
JET

Join text paths?

Can someone tell me if it's possible and how to join text
paths.
I mean if i have two letters say E and T, i convert them to paths then
delete a section from the right of the E
and from the left of the T so that they can join up,
then i take the two endpoints of path that i want to join then go to
object>path>join, i get the message:
"to join, you must select two open endpoints. If they are not on the same path,
they can not be on text paths nor inside graphs, and if both of them are
grouped, they must be in the same group"
i did select 2 open endpoints and i tried ungrouping the text but i still get the same message.
Any ideas?
Daniel

Daniel,
Probably, the upper border of the parts of the two letters to be joined are aligned, and the lower border is not.
Presuming sans serif letter, in many cases you will obtain the cleanest look if you:
1) Type>Create Outlines,
2) Ungroup and Object>Compound Path Release,
3) With the Scissors Tool cut at the far corners of both upper and lower border,
4) DirectSelect and Join both to rebuild the joining part.

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No need to call, your MSDN subscription has few free support incidents.
Chat with the rep to submit an incident.
Or find their phone number
here.
Good luck,
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I need help in compiling in a long path. I created an
IDE my self now I'm on the process of compiling in
different locations. One problem that I encountered
is that java is having a hard time finding my
location.
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1\Hello\Hello.java
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I'm not compiling right. I'm planing to parse and
replace the long values of the path. I just need help
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to pass Eclipse 3.2, I need to be able to get to the
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File Explorer is not managing long paths correctly or consistently. On both the C: and D: drives I have copied a folder structure that is more than 500 characters (i.e. well exceeds MAX_PATH limit of 260). In the primary drive, the long path always
seems to be navigable. Some additional drives also work properly. Others can only be navigated to MAX_PATH even though the deeper folders exist and can be accessed from other tools. Specifically I can see the fourth folder on the D: drive but clicking that
folder from windows explorer does nothing. Appending "\\?\" to the front of the D: drive does not change the outcome.
Some, but not all additional drives exhibit this behavior. I have a 250G SSD on SATA that, when mounted as a secondary drive, works properly (like the C: drive) and on this drive deep paths can be navigated. I also have a 750G SSD on PCIe that, when mounted
as a secondary drive, works improperly (like the D: drive) and on this drive deep paths cannot be navigated. All of my large (>2TB) drives work improperly.
This bug also exists on Windows 2012 Server, Windows 10 Technology Preview and presumably all previous versions of Windows. I have submitted it as a problem in Windows 10 technology Preview.
Picture here:
http://www.tenforums.com/attachments/general-discussion/15222d1427150480-windows-10-bugs-long-path-management.png

CS3: Join long paths comprised of many segments?

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