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When things disappear or become unavailable: 2nd of 3 FAQ proposals

Posted: 08-04-2004, 10:59 AM
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This forum has many threads about strange and seemingly hopeless cases where things disappear or become unavailable. Most cases seem to have one of three possible causes, two of which have similar characteristics.

Hence this attempt to summarize the cases where either works. You may read a full version here (second hint in the list): <http://www.bugge.com/Family-and-friends/Illy/illy.html>

I hope others will contribute; maybe this thread can even form the basis of a FAQ about such cases.

I have tried to make a summary in the second post (no one reads the first post), which may serve as a first draft FAQ.

Third and fourth posts are lists of threads where the solutions have worked.

I am using posts to present most of the contents, not to clog this thread with a monstrous topic text.
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Re: When things disappear or become unavailable: 2nd of 3 FAQ proposals
Posted: 08-04-2004, 11:00 AM
I have worked with this topic for quite a while, mostly concentrated on the AIPrefs file: which cases it can actually help you with, and how to replace the needless sacrifice with a revival; the latter works just as any other invocation (When you use it, you may try incense, tapping the frame of the monitor, chanting, etc).

This work has also led to the topic I have just added: Working with the AIPrefs file.
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Re: When things disappear or become unavailable: 2nd of 3 FAQ proposals
Posted: 08-04-2004, 11:00 AM
FAQ proposal: When things disappear or become unavailable

Most cases seem to have one of three possible causes, two of which have similar characteristics. If you are in doubt you may round up the usual suspects: try all the solutions.

This is a summary; you may read more here (second hint in the list): <http://www.bugge.com/Family-and-friends/Illy/illy.html>




1) IF YOU CAN SEE AN OBJECT OR A TEXT, BUT THE TOOLS FOR WORKING WITH IT ARE INVISIBLE:

a) When the bounding box is invisible even though the object or text is selected, you have Hidden Bounding Box. Solution: Ctrl+Shift+B

b) When your other tools to modify objects and text, such as anchor points, handles, and baselines, are invisible even though the object or text is selected, you have Hidden Edges. Solution: Ctrl+H

You may check the visibility status by Alt+V/View.

2) IF TOOLS/PALETTES/PARTS OF ARTWORK DISAPPEAR, OR TOOLS BECOME UNAVAILABLE, YOU HAVE CORRUPTED AIPREFS SETTINGS WHICH NEED REPLACEMENT:

Best solution, if you have made one or more backups: Revive the AIPrefs file. This will preserve all your custom preference settings, including the default font. Copy the desired backup/custom AIPrefs file from its subfolder, and paste to replace the current AIPrefs file.

Second best solution: Delete the AIPrefs file. This will remove corrupted settings, but it will also reset all preferences to their original default settings, sacrificing all your custom settings.

See further instructions in the FAQ (presently: thread): Preserving/replacing the AIPrefs file.
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Re: When things disappear or become unavailable: 2nd of 3 FAQ proposals
Posted: 08-04-2004, 11:01 AM
The following threads are cases where it has been confirmed that Ctrl+H has led to a happy ending:

Harron K. Appleman "Problems with editing text" 6/22/04 7:05am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4b71c/3>

jason diamond "Type selection difficulty" 6/16/04 9:48am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4a0e3/4>

Bert Philippus "Anchor points not shown when using direct selection tool" 6/1/04 11:07am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb446e6/5>,

Teri Pettit "Help!!.. my anchor points dissapeared!!" 2/3/04 5:30pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.2ccfc202/1>,

BobHill "Problems with editing text" 6/22/04 6:37am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4b71c/0>,

jason diamond "Type selection difficulty" 6/16/04 9:48am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4a0e3/4>,

Kurt Gold "anchor points disappeared! newbie question" 4/23/04 9:33am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb3c154/0>,

Kurt Gold "I am having trouble manipulating direction lines and points" 4/18/04 9:40am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb3a65d/3>,

Alexander Kogan. "direction lines won't appear" 10/8/03 6:43am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.2ccdcaf2/0>,

Alexander Kogan. "Whats wrong with my document?" 9/22/03 2:29pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.2ccd80f0/1>

It has probably worked in many other threads, too. You may search for b Ctrl+H/Ctrl-H/CtrlH/Ctrl H
and see for yourself.

The following thread is a case where it has been confirmed that Ctrl+Shift+B has led to a happy ending:

Jacob Bugge "Selection tool problem" 7/6/04 1:22pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4ed77/0>

It has probably worked in many other threads, too. You may search for b Ctrl+Shift+B/Ctrl-Shift-B/CtrlShiftB
and see for yourself.
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Re: When things disappear or become unavailable: 2nd of 3 FAQ proposals
Posted: 08-04-2004, 11:02 AM
The following threads are cases where it has been confirmed that Deleting the AIPrefs file has led to a happy ending (apart from the loss of custom preference settings):

Becca Kadish "Help! I lost my Layers Palette!! I click F7 but it doesn't show up." 7/14/04 8:20am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb507c7/2>

LenHewitt "Drop Shado Blur disappeared" 7/6/04 8:38am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4eb20/1>

Philip Peterson "Dissapearing windows" 6/25/04 10:31am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4c729/0>

Jacob Bugge "Resetting tools" 6/12/04 12:56am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4902e/0>

Darren Ingle "Resetting tools" 6/12/04 12:59am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4902e/1>

Timothy Foolery® "layer and textpanel have dissapeared...." 6/10/04 1:17pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4826e/2>

BobHill "illustrator CS drop shadow - blur not appearing as option" 5/20/04 6:15pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb4335a/2>

Eric Oliver "Lost Layers Palette; Reset Palette Layout to Default?" 5/20/04 10:19am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb432c9/1>

Lance K "Type tool disappeared !" 5/14/04 1:14pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb41ca1/1>

Deanna Swanson "Lost Pallettes" 4/29/04 8:03am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb3d876/1>

marlene "lost layers palette" 5/6/04 4:24pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb3b62f/2>

William Greeley "Illustrator 9.0 background problem" 4/14/04 7:57pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb3996e/1>

It has probably worked in many other threads, too. You may search for b AIPrefs
and see for yourself.
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