Clipping mask works do not (tried the advice from here and other sites, nothing worked)

I really didn't want to be * that * fool who asks for help on a topic that has been covered for several times, but I honestly have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I'm doing a clipping mask to a group of numbers in the form of letters. Is a big pile of numbers with overlap I just seem to be in the form of an A and a B. All that happens is everything becomes a white fill.

I have already tried/is:

-Selected all

-Tried grouped and not separated, no difference

-Vectorization of text creation

-Numbers flattened/expanded

-Statements/flattened numbers merged in a vector

-Created transparent traces (everything turned white again)

-Copied and pasted into a new file (still turned all white)

-Clipping for layer mask

-Ctrl + 7 clipping mask

-Tried to place the letters in front of and behind the numbers, separately and at the same time

-Pixelated battery number

-Make sure my letters have not merged with numbers

Just for fun, I tried to make another mask for clipping on a string of digits indicated and a hexagon. It worked perfectly fine. I would try to divide everything, but because the numbers are all in a big mess, it would take waaay too long to get the look I want. Can anyone suggest what else I could try?

I using CS3 if that helps.

the form A and B must be a composite-no trace group. RADD on transparent traces in the manual.

Tags: Illustrator

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