# PLEASE HELP! I dont know why its not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 25, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700 "2003-05-25T07:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jakatta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@Jakatta](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jakatta)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/1 "2003-05-25T07:07:07Z")
Hi there everyone, I have this problem… For some reason in photoshop 6, if i use the “text took” and wanna write something. The cursor goes REALLY REALLY small and my writing is TINY!! Even if i use a 72pt!! My dad used it last and i have no idea what he did, he doesnt kno either… Could someone PLEASE help! Its seriously frustrating me. Jak… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/2 "2003-05-25T07:24:34Z")
When you go to File/New Document or whatever and it brings up the document settings, check the resolution. The standard is 72 pixels per inch I believe. Either that or you are creating a document larger than the viewable area so Photoshop is scaling it down. If that is the case go to View/Actual Size or whatever its called. I don’t have PS opened at the moment to see exact names, but you get the point 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/3 "2003-05-25T07:26:43Z")
Whahahahaha i hate when my dad does that to… I have no qlue how to do some thing about that… I just reinstall the progamm. Don’t you know that there is a new version of photoshop. 7.0 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/4 "2003-05-25T07:40:11Z")
T-O: Check my last post, could any of those been the solution to your problem? Also, your footer isn’t loading, you might want to check that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/5 "2003-05-25T09:28:48Z")
Just like Lostinbeta said, change the resolution of the document. Here’s a picture to show you how to do it exactly if you don’t know what were talking about 😛 Just look in the center of the picture. You might have to maximize it if gets smaller. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/6 "2003-05-25T14:16:13Z")
Thanks heaps guys, it was the resolution, the document size was too big and PS was adjusting to it. So yeah, problem solved :)… THANKKKSSS GGUUYSS!! 🙂 Champs… Keep up the good work! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-i-dont-know-why-its-not-working/21700/7 "2003-05-25T14:41:45Z")
But… Im still having trouble with the resolution hey, its working fine now… kinda… But there is some settings that have been changed. e.g if i wanted to use 14pt … the cursor is the size of a 72pt but writing a 14pt. AND… Lets say i go to ‘new document’ change the width, height to 50cm… and resolution to 72pt… Then use the ‘crop tool’ to get the exact size of the document i want… The crop tool will only allow me to drag diagonally… not horizontally …so if i were to make the shape of lets say ‘a think rectangle… 2cm in H and 20cm in W’, it wont let me. And then… after cropping it… the cursor STILL goes really really small which writes tiny… even if its set to 24pt… Do u think i should just reinstall PS? If i reinstall it… will it affect any of my work saved?? Jak