Illustrator Cs2 Pen tool not working.. Help!!

So I downloaded Ai cs2 the other day. Whenever I come to drawing polygons with the pen tool I set the fill to a colour and the stroke to none(/) just so i can produce block colour shapes without an outline. However When ive come to do it on cs2 the pen tool only lets me draw thin black lines... What am I doing wrong??

THat's outline view.
If you turn on preview mode, you should see that shape.
But since it's not selected and the layer in the layer panel is closed, it's impossible to analyze this further.

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Hi, All
new to the forum...great resource...
I'm having a problem with my CS 2. Specifically my tools are acting weird..
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I can select objects, but cannot place them where I want them!!!! ( I can get close, but no cigar!)
This is most frustrating!....
I have re-installed the program.
I have also restarted the computer.
I have not trashed my preferences folder....not sure where that is or if that might be the problem.
Can any of you guys (and gals) help?!?
many thanks in advance
JP

DUH!
Thanks very much JET.....that was exactly it.....though how it got turned on, I dont know....(couldnt have been anything I did!!!) lol
JP

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> It completes the path, but then when I try to inverse selection, it says no pixels were selected
What Phos says is true, but since you say you are getting a selection I will assume you said pen but meant marquee tool or some other selection tool.
Usually you will get the no pixels selected message when you are on a layer that does not have any content. You can see content, but it is on a different layer. Change to the layer with the content in the layer palette, and then you should be able to inverse your selection.

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Has anyone seen this or fixed it before?
Many thanks!

How about this?...
With the selection tool/black arrow tool, you can select the object, change the color or opacity and move it...but can't un-group it.
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Trashed preferences and still not working.
Forgive me if Im not posting this in the right place
but I just went round and round looking where to
post it.

Hey Ian - Yes - I also trashed the User Data Folder.
Hey Meg - I am trying to mark keyframes to adjust audio levels
and fade ins and outs on pic.
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And doesn't work when I hit p.
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Instead of drawing shapes, my pen tool only creates a new shape layer every time I click..
What am I doing wrong??

Yes, but that didn't seem to be what you were asking.
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If you have a layer selected, using the pen tool draws a mask (unless the layer is a shape layer, in which case it draws a new shape within the selected shape layer).
Please, read the Help sections on shape layers and using the pen tools:
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I have for long easily used the delete point pen tool to lower or raise the decibel levels in the Timeline.
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Flummoxed.

Trash the FCE Preferences.
This will assist with the job:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Al

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I don't often use the Pen Tool as it is not needed but when I do, I do the same kind of thing and that is draw around something so that I can use a filter on the selected area.
I was able to create a shape within a shape so there is a hole and then apply my filter to it. However, when I try to do the same thing it is all weird!
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UltimateTop Trumps wrote:
I create a shape and then put a shape inside, right click and choose Make Selection and the inner shape disappears leaving the larger outer shape.
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UltimateTop Trumps wrote:
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miss_marple

Hello! I just figured this out.....When Firefox is open, my Illustrator CS2 modifier keys stop working? As soon as I shut down Firefox, they start working again. Please help! Thanks!

Hello!
I just figured this out.....When Firefox is open, my Illustrator CS2 modifier keys stop working?
As soon as I shut down Firefox, they start working again. Please help!
Thanks!
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Not sure.

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
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creative cloud photoshop blur tool not work as it should be !
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Please help again and soon, :).
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 11:52:08 -0800
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Illustrator CS2 shortcuts won't work

I recently purchased Leopard, and now my Illustrator CS2 shortcuts won't work. I tried to create a new set of shortcuts but that doesn't work either. I can't even open a new document without going to the menu.
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