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You can also press the r key, and then it will allow you to rotate the item. Click v(pointer shortcut) then click all the objects or use the marquee to highlight all of them, then press r, and you can move the point of rotation by clicking something else, or you can simply rotate from that...

I got it to work. I re-created the clipping mask shape. (I guess I should have of thought to that earlier on.) Im not sure what the issue was with my original mask - I had created it from two objects, then combined, cleaning away any stray points. The new one I made was from a single shape that...

Weird. Either you have a glich, or you tabbed out of it? Just in case, try pressing the tab key, if that doesn't work, press the "f" key. Each time you press "f" it changes the view mode. Maybe your tools are just hidden? Though they should be showing up under windows. Have you tried...

It is definitely a clipping mask, not the pathfinder functions. Yes, it is the topmost. And the layers I am clipping are grouped. I wonder if it could be an illustrator glitch? This happened on another project too.. If I clip a simple object, everything is fine. Thanks for your help.

Another way of doing this, is creating a shape, and scaling the shape and text together. You can usually guess pretty close if not exactly to the right font.

I actually find it useful. This function allows one to know that there are two objects touching without overlap. This also occurs when you live paint -> expand. But the fake outline that is created does not print. It is simply letting you know that the two objects aren't connected. So if you...

I have a complex pattern I am trying to make in-repeat. The clipping mask (hexagon) makes everything disappear into an outline when I apply it. My guess is that there is a limit to the number of objects a clipping mask can be applied to. Is there some other way around this? All the objects I...