Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop text tool.

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Expert: - 2/4/2009


Question

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So I'm pretty good at photoshop and I usually don't encounter problems, but
this one has me stumped. When I use the "Horizontal Type Tool," I drag to
make the box but when I go to type it won't let me. The cursor actually
appears up in the top right hand square of the box where you grab to
reshape the text box. It is hard to explain, but it will only type up on that top
edge in almost microscopic font. I have tried all of the settings regarding the
type tool, changed fonts and styles, and I've made sure that I am in fact using
the appropriate tool. Any helpful advice would be appreciated.
PS. The font continually tries to make itself a lime green color.

Answer
Hi Josh,

The first thing to try is to go to the character and paragraph palettes and in the flyout menu from the triangle on the upper right corner select reset character or reset paragraph. This will reset the type characteristics to the defaults.
It could be a positioning attribute in the paragraph settings is way off or the font is set to be superscript - something odd like that.

Also, and I'm guilty of doing this, make sure the text is selected when you try to change the font, size or color of your text. If you want to see the changes without the reverse selection box around it you can hit command H to hide it.

Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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Glen Demers

Expertise

I am an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop 7 and can answer any questions dealing with images for print; resolution, color correction, color space, sharpening and retouching. I am a prepress technician for Best Printing Online and if you want to know how to prepare your image for offset reproduction, I can help.

Experience

I've been working in the prepress aspect of printing for 25 years and am currently a prepress technician for Best Printing Online
I've worked with Photoshop since 1994 and have used all versions from 3 to CS3. I'm an ACE (Adobe certified expert) in Photoshop 7.0

Education/Credentials
I graduated High School and took 1 year of College level offset printing course. I've attended 2 Photoshop World conferences and taken numerous seminars pertaining to Photoshop and the print industry.

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