10on12 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Freehand had the option to: Xtras > Delete > Empty Text Blocks Basically cleaned up all those empty text boxes that get created when you have the text tool selected and accidentally create a text box by clicking/dragging on the page. These sometimes appear as small crosses/boxes* on a PDF. Can accidentally get grouped with other objects on the page making the group larger than necessary. Can get selected when dragging a marquee and end up in places you hadn't intended. General pain in the backside. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconut42 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 How did you manage to accidentally create empty text blocks? I'm asking because when I select the text tool and then click and drag around randomly on empty parts of the canvas, nothing gets created in the first place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10on12 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think I'm just making a better attempt at trying to break it :) I'm using the "Text Frame" as my default (small pop-out on the tool box) - not really getting the point of 2 separate text frames (Art text tool) - maybe I need to read more about it. Text Frame has the potential to create millions of empty text boxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconut42 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Ok, I replicated it now - there is a different behaviour for the two different text tools, the frames create empty ones for each click, the art text tool doesn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The Frame text tool doesn't create empty frames for each click. You have to drag with it. It's the same as our other creation tools in that. What do you do when you accidentally create a shape by dragging with the Shape tool? I usually hit Undo immediately to get rid of it. I do the same to get rid of unwanted text frames. Can you post an example Designer file that has empty text frames that produce boxes or crosses when you export to PDF? They shouldn't produce anything in the PDF that wasn't in the view, so that sounds like a bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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