In Illustrator, I can't move objects by dragging them?

Question

I can move a selected object with the arrow keys, but grabbing it and dragging doesn't work at all. I'm using Illustrator CS5 (v.15.1.1) on Mavericks (v.10.9.5). Is there some setting that disables the selection/direct selection tools, perhaps?

Answer 1

go to view on your menu bar.

select show edges

and select show bounding box.

(if one of these are hidden, it make it hard to select and move)