: How to click and drag select objects? I don't have any experience with Illustrator and am trying to modify a file. There are a bunch of text objects (something like two dozen) and I simply
I don't have any experience with Illustrator and am trying to modify a file. There are a bunch of text objects (something like two dozen) and I simply want to select all of them without shift-clicking every single one. However, when I choose the selection tool and then click and drag to try to select the object, the background gets selected and starts moving with the mouse.
If I click outside of the layers and drag into them then I can select stuff, but it gets borders on the edges that I don't want to select.
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Without going into great detail about locking or hiding objects, or using the Layers Panel, the quickest method may be to choose Select > Object > Text Objects from the menu.
This will select all text objects. And this assumes your text is live text, not outlines.
You can then Shift-click to remove pieces from the selection if needed.
There may be other methods which work equally well, but a sample of the artwork would need to be shown or at least explained in detail to provide simple solutions such as this.
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