Select only the objects in a rectangle selection

I am a new user of Illustrator CS5, switching from Freehand. I'm trying to find out if there is a way to select only the objects in a marquee? In AutoCAD, you can make a selection on the left window to the right and only those objects entirely in the window are selected. If you the window right on the left all the objects that are "crossed" or affected by the window are selected. Is there a similar technique in Illustrator?

Currently, I have to select the objects, and then go back and hold the SHIFT key to deselect the object I don't want, or place objects on different layers and then lock the layers to prevent additional items get selected.

In AutoCAD, my main program, you simply draw a window selection, left or right, depending on what your next step would be. No special tools or rocking or thinking, that's just the selection primary process and very intuitive.

I posted a discussion on the Illustrator forum several months ago, which still arouses comments so this seems to be a tool that would be appreciated by many users. Someone posted a script but it has not worked for me yet.

Thank you for everything that you can do to solve this problem.

This is a copy of my last post of the original thread. I found some discussions confused because I have no experience in writing or by using scripts. So I copied all the recommendations in a document to read without the comments and digressions. After several hours and a lot of searching on Google I found what solution adapted to my goal, which was a selection process fast and simple with fewer steps to use.

So, I think I have this job. The following is what I did:

1 copy the script by Carlos Canto post #11 here:

http://forums.Adobe.com/thread/856221?start=0&TSTART=0

2. open the ExtendScript Toolkit Utilities > Adobe utilities - CS5.5 > ExtendScript Toolkit CS5.5 > ExtendScript Toolkit CS5.5.App

3. when the program opens, paste the script in the large Panel on the left.

4. then go to file > save as.

5. that the dialog box click on the arrow next to the save box slot to expand the section options.

6. next, go to Applications > Adobe Illustrator CS5.1 > Presets > en_US > Scripts.

7. then, in the Save as box enter a name to identify the script (I named mine Window1).

8. click on save and close the Toolbox.

Launch Illustrator and open a drawing.

1 using the rectangle tool, I drew a rectangle around the objects.

2. make sure that the new rectangle is selected.

3. I went to file > Scripts > Window1.

4A got an error message - error 8705: target layer cannot be changed 25-> iart.selected + true line:

Oops, you must have ALL unlocked layers.

5. you click OK.

6 unlocked all the layers.

7. my new activated rectangle.

8. went to file > Scripts > Window1.

9 here! Items in the rectangle are selected and the rectangle is removed.

So yes, this script works as requested. Thank you, Carlos.

Tags: Illustrator

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