Adobe Illustrator - Come on Folks..this is an easy question!!

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Come on Folks..this is an easy question!!

Wade Eyre

2005-05-18, 4:15 am

I am a bit perplexed and I am hoping someone might be able to help out here.

I am using Illustrator CS 11.00 and attempting to create a flyer. In my
previous attempts to create a text box and then resize it if it was too big
I had no problem. Now for some reason when I create a text box, enter all
my text and then try to resize by clicking on a specific side of the window,
I get a very strange action. It seems as if I am doing something without
even trying. The two undo messages I get are as follows:
- Undo Load Place Cursor.
- Undo Link Threaded Text and

What I am attempting to do is create a box, enter my text and then resize
the box sides to accommodate the placement of the box. I have tried the
"Free Transform Tool" but that changes the size of my text which I don't
wish to do. This is the really strange part, on my laptop, which I have
confirmed all settings, has not problem freely resizing the box's two edges,
bottom and right side panes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers and Regards,

Donna

2005-05-19, 7:14 pm

It sounds like you have too much text typed in the box, thus the overflow
messages. Try making a huge text box that will easily accomodate your text.
Then resize your font and text box.

"Wade Eyre" <wadeeyre@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:MfmdnS-Duaj6KhffRVn-vg@rogers.com...
>I am a bit perplexed and I am hoping someone might be able to help out
>here.
>
> I am using Illustrator CS 11.00 and attempting to create a flyer. In my
> previous attempts to create a text box and then resize it if it was too
> big
> I had no problem. Now for some reason when I create a text box, enter all
> my text and then try to resize by clicking on a specific side of the
> window,
> I get a very strange action. It seems as if I am doing something without
> even trying. The two undo messages I get are as follows:
> - Undo Load Place Cursor.
> - Undo Link Threaded Text and
>
> What I am attempting to do is create a box, enter my text and then resize
> the box sides to accommodate the placement of the box. I have tried the
> "Free Transform Tool" but that changes the size of my text which I don't
> wish to do. This is the really strange part, on my laptop, which I have
> confirmed all settings, has not problem freely resizing the box's two
> edges,
> bottom and right side panes.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers and Regards,
>
>

steggy

2005-05-19, 7:14 pm

Wade Eyre wrote:
>
> I am a bit perplexed and I am hoping someone might be able to help out here.
>
> I am using Illustrator CS 11.00 and attempting to create a flyer. In my
> previous attempts to create a text box and then resize it if it was too big
> I had no problem. Now for some reason when I create a text box, enter all
> my text and then try to resize by clicking on a specific side of the window,
> I get a very strange action. It seems as if I am doing something without
> even trying. The two undo messages I get are as follows:
> - Undo Load Place Cursor.
> - Undo Link Threaded Text and
>
> What I am attempting to do is create a box, enter my text and then resize
> the box sides to accommodate the placement of the box. I have tried the
> "Free Transform Tool" but that changes the size of my text which I don't
> wish to do. This is the really strange part, on my laptop, which I have
> confirmed all settings, has not problem freely resizing the box's two edges,
> bottom and right side panes.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers and Regards,

/Me persistent.

Illustrator for vector
Photoshop for raster
InDesign for lay out, including flyers.

/Me to beddybye
--
steg