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Steph

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Since: May 15, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:57 pm
Post subject: Crop Tool Broke - newbie Q
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My Crop tool's suddenly gone wrong. It won't allow me to select an
irregular rectangle, but insists I can only have a dotted lined rectangle of
fixed proportions. Can't fathom out how to get it back to normal. Did I
accidentally click something?

(Reinstalling is not an option - I'm in a controlled IT environment - they
have the control!)

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Mister Max

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:57 pm
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"Steph" <notme RemoveThis @nospam.com> posted:

> My Crop tool's suddenly gone wrong. It won't allow me to select an
> irregular rectangle, but insists I can only have a dotted lined
> rectangle of fixed proportions. Can't fathom out how to get it back
> to normal. Did I accidentally click something?
>
Yes you did!

In the Crop tool bar at the top of the screen, click on Clear. This will
remove the fixed proportions that you have entered.
(If you are using an older version of PS with no Clear button, just remove
the dimensions that you selected.)

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Infinitech

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:57 pm
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Steph wrote:
> My Crop tool's suddenly gone wrong. It won't allow me to select an
> irregular rectangle, but insists I can only have a dotted lined
> rectangle of fixed proportions. Can't fathom out how to get it back
> to normal. Did I accidentally click something?
>
> (Reinstalling is not an option - I'm in a controlled IT environment -
> they have the control!)

You have entered a fixed dimension in the tool bar, just press "erase" and
it will go

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Steph

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:58 pm
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Thanks all - I'll check it out back at work tomorrow. Don't remember
putting any dimensions in, but heyho - another senior moment.
(I can't access NGs from work either - one of the joys of working in a
pharmaceutical plant Smile)
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Johan W. Elzenga

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:26 pm
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Steph <notme.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote:

> My Crop tool's suddenly gone wrong. It won't allow me to select an
> irregular rectangle, but insists I can only have a dotted lined rectangle of
> fixed proportions. Can't fathom out how to get it back to normal. Did I
> accidentally click something?

Check the settings in the settings bar. You probably filled in a fixed
width there.


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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:02 am
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Steph wrote:
> Thanks all - I'll check it out back at work tomorrow. Don't remember
> putting any dimensions in, but heyho - another senior moment.
> (I can't access NGs from work either - one of the joys of working in a
> pharmaceutical plant Smile)

Note for the future: Reinstalling usually wouldn't fix a problem like
this (if there really had been a problem here). Look into
Trashing/Resetting Preferences, which you CAN do and fixes a lot of
problems when weird things start happening)

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