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  1. buffalobills2

    FM Core has been stopped

    When I open illustrator (as well as photoshop and indesign) I have been receiving the following alert FMCore has been stopped. Please start it from the System Preferences pane and then relaunch Adobe illustrator CS2 Anybody know what that means and how to fix it?
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    Illustrator Scaling

    Hi, My Illustrator CS2 is acting up. When I go to scale something I click on the scale tool ion the toolbox and nothing happens. Any help would be appreciated. Also, I get this message everytime I open Illustrator. "Alert FMCore has been stopped. Please start it from the System Preferences...
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    illustrator quit unexpectedly

    Hi, I have creative suite 2 and my Illustrator won't open. Here is the message I get: the application Adobe illustrator CS2 quit unexpectedly. I re-installed the Illustrator program only then restarted my computer but Illustrator still won't open. Should I reinstall the entire Creative...
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    MAC browsers

    Hi, Anyone know of a browser for MACs that allows me to imbed photos into the email instead of them being attachments.
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    iDVD question

    Hi, I want to burn a video onto a dvd using iDVD but I don't want to use one of their musical openings. I don't want any opening at all. Is there a way around this? Thanks, Jim
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    problems moving selected items

    I'm going to try to explain this as well as possible. This problem occurs occasionally and usually is fixed by quitting out of illustrator then opening it up again. Let's say I have a square with rounded corners. I select the square and all the points are selected. When I try to move the square...
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    turning patterns into swatches

    I have over 400 vector patterns done in illustrator. Is there a way to make them into swatches that can be added to the swatch palette in illustrator?
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    jagged curves

    When I turn a stroked circle into outlined form, the curves get jagged, usually on small circles with thick strokes. Is there some kind of tolerance setting I need to be adjusting?
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    shifting screen

    Hi, This is a MAC question. When I move my mouse around the images on my screen move around. When I move my mouse to the right (without the button being pushed) everything on my screen shifts a little to the left. This happens in all directions. Is it a mouse problem? Thanks, Jim
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    Embedding images in email

    Hi, I use safari and firefox as my servers. Neither one lets me embed an image into the email itself. Does anyone know how to embed image without having them as an attachment? Jim
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    PC files

    Hi, Thanks for your help on some other issues I had. I have another one for you. The clip art files I am creating are saved as Illo. 8.0 for MAC use, so even the older illustraor versions can open them. I've saved the PC files as pdf's and wmf files. My questions is: 1) What are the...
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    converting illustrator images fo pc

    Hi, I have created clipart/background art in illustrator that I have been selling to the MAC market. Now I want to sell these images to a the PC market. I need to know how to save these vector images so a PC user can use them, alter them, change colors etc. I Currently have them saved as pdf's...
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    Reducing images in CS2

    Hi, In the older versions of illustrator you would be able to reduce a number of images at once and they would all stay in the exact place. In CS2 that option is not available anymore. I have to reduce each image seperately or else all the selected images(art pieces) will reduce as one unit...
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    outlining strokes

    Hi, I have an illustrator problem. Sometimes when I turn strokes into outline form the curves get jaggedy instead of staying smooth. This usually happens on smaller circles with thick outlines. Thanks, Jim
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    Saving illustrator file as meta file

    Hi, I need to save some illustrator file as meta files for PC's. Anybody have a clue? Thanks, Jim www.steckfigures.com
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    illustrator running slow...

    Hi, I've been using illustrator for years and lately it seems to be runnung slow. I'll click on something and it will take almost 2 seconds to highlight. If I want to unite 2 shapes with the pathfinder I have to keep clicking, harder and harder before the "expand" button will highlight for me...
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    Illustrator Acting slow

    I've been using illustrator for years but recently I've noticed it acting slower. example: when I click on a piece of art it takes a little longer for the art to hilight. another example: in the colors palette, if I drag one of the sliders the sliders will not move with the mouse, they will be a...
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    I Lost my Picture File Folder

    This is a MAC question instead of an Illustrator question. When I opened my hard drive, along the left hand side of the window are the applications, music, movies, pictures, etc. icons. I mistakenly dragged the pictures folder to my desktop and the folder went "poof" and disappeared. I know the...
  19. buffalobills2

    Dragging poitns in illustrator

    Hi, I have a question about Illustrator CS2. I will select a point and try to drag it but the point won't move, and the lines connecting the points will look strange, like they are aren't complete line any more. Thanks

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