: I sent someone an .ai file, but they can't edit it. What do I do? I sent someone an .ai file for them to edit. She said that when she scrolls over something with her mouse, each item is

@Harper654

It seems like the objects are grouped together or, more likely, enclosed in a clipping mask. Illustrator tends to do that when opening files saved from earlier versions (for ex. version CS6 opening a file saved from CC 2015 as a backward-compatible file).

To edit the objects separately, one has to 1) ungroup the objects or 2) double click the group to enter in isolation mode.

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