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  1. #1
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    Default Wireframe text after copying and pasting

    So I'm still working on a multipage document which will be exported as pdf and I now have a new problem.

    Some of the text is set in columns but I've decided it's easier (as the line spacing seems a little uncontrollable in the column text) to copy and paste it into text boxes which I can then link to new text boxes if there is overflow. However, the text I've copied just ends up as red dashed outlines of the text, ie it's not black text as it should be, it's a wireframe style of text which is completely useless. However I paste the text, ie as normal column text or just standard text in a line, it is always coming up as wireframe.

    I just want to finish this job and it seems I'm getting one issue after another.

    How do I get the text to revert back to standard text in appearance?

    What I've tried:

    Closing and reopening the document.

    Copying and pasting the text into unformatted notepad and copying it from there.

    Checked all my type settings.

    I almost have no hair left from pulling it out. Anyone have any other ideas?
    Last edited by Artmama; 21 June 2017 at 01:16 AM. Reason: improved punctuation

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    Default Re: Wireframe text after copying and pasting

    I've just checked to see if there are any answers to the above issue and then found I hadn't posted it.

    However, I decided to post it anyway in case someone else accidentally comes up against this issue.

    Here's what it seems was the problem.

    I had the layers and guides window open and I noticed that the text I just posted was in the guides, not the layers. So all I did was grab the icon from the guides and drag it down to the layers for the same page. Problem sorted.

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    Default Re: Wireframe text after copying and pasting

    Glad you found your solution.

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    Default Re: Wireframe text after copying and pasting

    Yep. Happens all the time to all of us.

 

 

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