I thought I couldn't hate Illustrator more but...

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edwarde2Mon 21/04/08 12:15

 

...it's surpassed itself today.

All I want to do is perform the tremendously complicated task of Selecting Some Text So I Can Change Its Attributes. Surely one of the most basic functions of any program that deals partly with words, you would think? Well, not in Illustrator World, apparently.

Here's what the "help" files have to say:

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To select characters:

Select any type tool, and do one of the following:

Drag to select one or more characters. Shift-drag to extend or reduce the selection. Erm, sorry, this doesn't work...
Position the pointer in a word, and double-click to select that word. Erm, sorry, this doesn't work...
Position the pointer in a paragraph, and triple-click to select the entire line. Erm, sorry, this doesn't work...
Select one or more characters, and choose Select > All to select all the characters in the type object. Erm, sorry, this doesn't work...

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WHO THE F**K WROTE THIS SODDING SHITTY CRAPPY PROGRAM??? Which inverse reality dimension are they living in? Why is it so SPECTACULARLY unintuitive TIME AND TIME AGAIN???

Jesus CHRIST.

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#202651Mon 21/04/08 12:22

 

quoting > "Surely I can't be the only one..."

Well it works fine on my Mac - it's just the standard way you select text in most programs.....

Sounds like there's something going wrong with your particular computer, I'm afraid.

mr.krysMon 21/04/08 12:39

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Worked fine for me this morning, doing the above.

I sometimes have this issue in photoshop, but not that often these days.

Having said that I find illustrator very frustrating at times.

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