947 A new way to unlock stuff in Illustrator

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques. … Today, we're inside Illustrator, … the world's most powerful vector-based drawing program. … But like any huge, awesome 33-year-old computer application, … it has its fabled Achilles heel. … In the case of Illustrator, that Achilles heel has a name … and that name is Lock. … To lock a selected object, a path outline, a text block, … anything that you want to protect from harm, … you choose Object, Lock, Selection. … So convoluted. … To unlock, choose Object, Unlock All, … and then relock the stuff … that you still want to keep locked. … So convoluted. … I'm not saying that there haven't been workarounds, … but now there is a new way to unlock one specific object. … I mean, it's only been 33 years … since the program was first invented. … So yay, progress. … Here, let me show you exactly how it works. … All right, so there are all kinds of reasons … to lock stuff inside Illustrator. … And so, by way of example, … let's say I want to marquee a bunch of these elements …