Asked By
Tony Lucas
210 points
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Posted on - 06/05/2011
Hi!
I am Tony Lucas, and I am very much into Photography and Photo Editing.
I have been using Adobe Illustrator for months now, and suddenly I am caught up into one of its keys to work with.
Yeah, I am talking about the shift key. It was working fine, but I just don’t know if there are keys I have pressed to make it act up.
I am using the shift key to detain several objects, constrict sections, scale objects and the likes.
I guess this should be Adobe Illustrator’s issue, and not the keyboard as the other functions of shift key is working on another program.
Any help will be appreciated.
Adobe Illustrator shift key won’t work
There can be two issues related with this problem.
First can b the preferences issue it can be solved by deleting the preferences (Ctrl+Alt+Shift = Cmd+Option+Shift).or go into Library > Preferences > Illustrator Preferences and throw them in the trash. You can reset all of your preferences the way you want them.
Second one is software conflict.
As u didn’t mention your operating system so there is a list of possible software that cause this problem in Win and Mac:
Quicktime/iTunes
Quicken (Widget)
To fix
Open Quicken
Click on the One-Step button in the tool bar or select Online->One Step Update…
Click the Scheduled Updates tab
Uncheck each and every item
Quit Quicken and restart your Mac
Entourage,
Google Earth
Zune
Some Fire fox Add-ons
There are some troublesome Fire fox Add-ons. Download a fresh copy of fire fox and restart your computer.
Spotlight (shortcuts)
Fetch
Hulu
Cocktail
Cinch
Adobe Illustrator shift key won’t work
If the SHIFT key suddenly stopped working in Adobe Illustrator, try checking if the same problem happens in other applications like in Microsoft Office Word. Start Microsoft Office Word then try typing several letters in their upper case and lower case form to see if the SHIFT key is not working. If the SHIFT key seems to be working fine, try resetting the Preferences of Adobe Illustrator.
The easiest way to restore the Preferences file back to default settings is with a keyboard shortcut. To do this, press and hold the CTRL + ALT + SHIFT keys simultaneously then double-click Adobe Illustrator to launch it. Select “Yes” when you are prompted to delete the current settings. This should then delete the existing Preferences file. The file will be recreated the next time you start Adobe Illustrator.
After this, close Adobe Illustrator and then open it again. See if this works. If this doesn’t fix the problem with the SHIFT key, try to uninstall and reinstall the application. Download the free version of Revo Uninstaller and install it. Once installed, start Revo Uninstaller then select your Adobe Illustrator among the applications and click “Uninstall”. Follow the normal uninstall process.
When uninstall is complete, click “Scan” to scan your computer for any leftover files and delete everything it finds. This removes everything the program created on your computer. When it is finished, close Revo Uninstaller then install Adobe Illustrator back. See if this works.
