Selection Tool Properties

Hi,
I've got a problem in Illustrator CS5 on my Mac. When I want to rotate or scale an object with the Selection Tool by holding shift the object does not rotate in 45º-90º steps and also does not scale proportional.
I tried to figure it out but I can't find it.
Any help is highly appreciated!
Thanks.

El Padrino,
In that case it seems to have been an issue related to preference corruption, and it has been cured by your starting either the OS or Illy.
Unless the issue reappears when you start other applications.
This is a well known occurrence, as you can see from the following list. 1) - 2) is your (apparent) startup cure, 3) - 4) and 6) are about more serious/lasting preference corruption, and 5) is about other causes including disturbance from other applications.
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);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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