CS5 Illustrator - making anchor points visible

Hello
In older versions of Illustrator the anchor points show up when you are creating a path. They don't show up in this version. Any way to make them visible?
Thanks in advance.

Did you accidentially hit Cmd(Ctrl)-H which is the toggle for Hide/Show Edges?

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I can reproduce this bug consistently, every single time. I am unable to set a new anchor point for the rotate tool in Illustrator CS5.
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1. Create a new shape, doesn't matter what
2. Press R or just select the rotate tool
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4. Let the mouse go- at this point the anchor stays locked to the cursor even if I click and am only able to unlock it from the cursor if I click on a new tool, but without getting to choose a new anchor point.
Also I tried this with a Intuos 2 tablet and pen with the same results. I have an NVidia Quadro FX 3500 card installed with the latest driver as well.
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Ahh, I forgot to check that! Yes it has worked, although it's a little strange to be defaulted to top left point on all of our machines!
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[rant]
In my defense as far as the constant exhortations to "RTFM", we all know that most veteran software users only go to the manual when there's a problem. You also know that Adobe's help system (particluarly in regards to search) has gotten worse over the years, not better. So when I run into a situation like this, I'm going to search through the help for what I believe the problem is: namely "anchor points", "transformations" and "keyframes", and maybe "shape layers". This is a fair amount of research, and it's exactly what I do as my first line of defense.
The second line of defense that most tech savvy folk do, is a Google search; for example: "anchor point moves after position keyframe" or "After Effects shapes layer anchor point moves keyframe" etc. And you spend your time sifting through forums trying to find the relevant answers. I feel that THAT is my true due diligence, rather than reading the F'n Adobe manual that is so very very sparse.
So after my due diligence, I turn to the experts communities, because there I know I will get educated, reliable help within a reasonable turnaround time. And because I myself contribute to these same forums in areas where I have higher than average expertise. The Adobe Forums have proven to be one of the great online resources.
Finally, now that I have a great answer from two knowledgeable experts (thanks again!), I've also enriched the community, because of the way I have crafted my post title, hopefully the next poor ******* who has a similar problem and a similar methodology to finding resolution will stubmle upon my post because I've tried to overload the title with relevant keywords that will generate hits in google.
Through my question, and your accurate answers, the global knowledgebase has improved.
So forgive me for not memorizing the F'n Adobe online help. I go to the resources that are the most useful, expedient, and provide the greatest value as a whole.
[/rant]
Peace,
Tom

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http://forums.adobe.com/message/1254932#1254932
Here is my answer
Okay, I consider this potentially dangerous, because I don't know all the ramifications, never tried it before... but it initially appears to work. (I'm using CS3)
Draw your path point to point.
With the path selected, Select > Object> Direction handles
Delete (this should leave the points, no connecting lines)
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ANCHOR POINTS DRIVE ME CRAZY!!!
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In CS3 I noted a improvement on this, but even the largest size available for anchor points presentation is still small for me.
When we design interfaces, we have to follow the Fitt´s law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law). According to this, "targets that are smaller and/or further away require more time to acquire".
The productivity, related to dealing with points, would be strongly affected if those tiny anchor points could be made bigger or more responsible.
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