: Illustrator CS4: when I select an object with the Selection tool, and try and move it, it copies it instead This is in a file originally created in version and installation of Illustrator CS4.

@Eichhorn212

After a visit to the Adobe forums and trawling around there for a while, I saw someone with the opposite problem who solved it by logging out. It was worth a shot, it's not something I do often.

This fixed it.

Thank you to everyone who offered me suggestions, I do appreciate the support.

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@Speyer780

Some troubleshooting ideas:


Does this happen in other files you
created in this version and
installation?
Does this happen in files originated
on someone else's machine?
If you copy this file to someone
else's machine, does it happen there?
If you copy the contents of the file to a
new file and save it under a new
name, does it still happen? (don't just save-as. Select all, copy, new file, paste, save.)
You said "option" so I'm guessing
you're on a Mac. Did you check in
System Preferences --> Universal
Access to make sure you didn't turn
on a helper key by accident? (I've
done that with the zoom on occasion
— scares the crap out of
me when my text suddenly blows up to
4000%.)
In the same vein, are you clicking
with the correct side of the mouse or
the correct mouse button? (that is, you're not right-clicking when you mean to left-click, or holding down the right mouse button at the same time that you're dragging.)

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