Adobe Illustrator help

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  1. backtrack

    backtrack S7 Royalty

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    I have somehow managed to lose my bounding boxes, so when I draw a square, I am stuck at the finished size and cannot resize it even when selected, I can move it fine, but I don't get the 6 clear squares when I select it.
    Obviously, this renders the program nearly useless.... I'm sure it's some silly little option or preference, but I am at a loss...

    Any help would be appreciated!!!!

    If it makes a difference I'm on CS3 on a PC.

    Thanks!
     
  2. Cralya

    Cralya Addicted

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    Are the points grouped? What options do you have if you right-click the object? Sounds like the object is locked.
     
  3. bigstar13

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    In CS3 it is "View" from the top menu then "show bounding box".
     
  4. coasterbear

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    View->Show Bounding Box

    You probably typed Ctrl-Shift-B by mistake and turned it off.
     
  5. backtrack

    backtrack S7 Royalty

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    You guys are heroes!
    Thank you!
    I knew it was something super simple and obvious! :)
    Now i feel stupid, but at least I can play again :)
    Thanks!
     
  6. bigstar13

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    I'm glad it worked! I do that exact thing about once every two months and it always takes me a minute to figure out what I did. I'm sure I'm doing what costerbear said and hitting control+Shift+B.
     
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    backtrack S7 Royalty

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    I also tend to lose my control bar with frightening regularity and it invariably takes me about 4 goes to remember that it's called the control bar :oops:
     

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