Les Nemeth
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I assume your artboard dimensions are set to the correct size and adjusted for bleeds (if any).
Are you using the File > Export function? And if so, do you have the “Use Artboard” checkbox selected in the export dialog? Which CS is v11? Was it the first CS edition (CS1)? Because it might not have that checkbox in the export file dialog.
If I remember correctly, that version did not have an adjustable artboard, but you either had to specify the artboard dimension in the document settings, or you had to create a rectangle and set it as the crop area. Since it has been a long time ago I’ve used that version, I don’t remember if the crop area is being ignored during file export (provided you are using that method).
Assuming the artboard is set correctly, you can try to create a rectangle of the desired size and set it as the crop area, then export. Again, I don’t remember unfortunately, so I’m just doing this blindly.
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As you can see, by default, the text is black. In the appearance palette it has no stroke and fill. However, if you double click the “Characters” entry, then it will reveal that the individual characters do have a black fill, but as a “Type” object it does not. It’s because the text is live.
Normally you cannot apply a gradient to the stroke of a live text, but you can fake it as pictured. Click the “Add New Fill” button (or select it from the palette’s menu). You will apply the gradient to this fill. Then add another fill and color it white. This second fill should be on top of the first (gradient) one. Now apply an Offset Path effect, and drag it inside the white fill entry. Now click on the Offset Path entry and adjust it to a negative value. This will in effect create the illusion as if the inner (white) fill is being reduced, thus revealing the gradient fill below it.
Now you can drag this text onto the Graphic Styles palette to create a new style, and use it to apply it to a new text with a single click.
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Tidy up your living quarters so you can find your disk…?
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Seems like the text has been outlined and as such, it is no longer editable. If you don’t want manually replacing each and every character, you need to request the original text (in non-outlined form) from the client.
They usually do this so if you don’t have the correct fonts installed, the text will still show up correctly, and of course, it’s vector.
(I don’t know what’s on it, but you can always re-enter the text manually if it’s feasible – provided you have the correct fonts.)
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That’s what I’m saying. Double click each smart objects. It will open in AI. Then copy paste each into a new doc and arrange accordingly. Or, recreate it from scratch.
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Double click your smart objects.
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I’m on PC. Did you try deleting your prefs file?
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This will not work if you want to preserve groups as layers. It will only preserve layers as PSD layers.
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No, that has nothing to do with it. That is how I recreated it, yet it had no problems.
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Oops, no! I take it back.
I don’t if you got the file from someone or you created it, but apparently some internal data messed up during creation, because when I recreated the illustration (even in the same document) and scaled it, it worked fine even scaling it down to 2%.
So I recommend to re-create it from scratch. If it happens again, delete your prefs file and then create it again. Sometimes the prefs file gets corrupted for whatever reason and all sorts of stupid things can happen.