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Illustrator: vectorize text

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ckvtdn Posted messages 863 Status Member -  
 Bernard -
Hello,

I’m working on Illustrator CS5 in English. Before, I was on Illustrator CS3 in French. Although the menu shouldn’t have changed much from CS3 to CS5, I admit I’m struggling with the English to French transition. Anyway.

I’ve placed some text and want to vectorize it. However, when I go to the “Path” menu under the “Object” tab, everything is grayed out except for “Clean-up.” So, am I doing something wrong? How do I proceed?

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 7.0.1

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    salwa5 Posted messages 7552 Status Contributor 1 670
     
    Try using the keyboard shortcut shift/ CTRL/ O

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    1. ckvtdn Posted messages 863 Status Member 143
       
      Ok, I need to note this down. It works. But why does the shortcut work while everything else has failed?
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    2. salwa5 Posted messages 7552 Status Contributor 1 670
       
      no idea, it works very well for me.

      otherwise, you select the text with the black arrow, right-click and choose vectorize, in English it should be "Create Outlines"
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