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id: "860c7242-a16c-4b99-a32f-02371ec9e571"
name: "Separate Textbox Mistake"
micro_summary: "Creating a new text box proved write access but did not edit the requested existing object; enter the original box instead."
status: "discarded"
see_also: []
scope: "Failed approach: using the Text box toolbar and clicking blank slide space when the requested task was to alter the existing text object."
discard_reason: "Created a separate text object instead of modifying the requested existing object; retained as a visible do-not-repeat probe."
---
The Text box toolbar flow successfully added a second object, but it answered the wrong question: it proved that the slide was writable without modifying the existing `this is a test` text. For replacement tasks, double-click the original text and verify its caret before any typing.