I've been using the ArcGIS Maps for Adobe plugin which for some unknow reason likes to use type on a path for it's basemap labels, even when the label doesn't need to follow a path!

Quite often I've noticed several labels coming in with a red cross symbol highlighting that the path isn't long enough to show all the text.

This has made me very aware of some missing functionality in Illustrator, that of being able to revert Type on a path text back to point text.

Currently to do this, I need to double click the text to enter edit mode, CTRL+A to highlight it all, CTRL+C, exit editing path text, click somewhere using the text tool and CTRL+V to paste that text.

It would be much easier to have an entry in the Type menu for converting this text back to regular point type. I appreciate that where text follows a path it may be questionable where to unravel the text to. Here I would suggest that the text start anchor be the logical point of insertion for regular horizontal type text, especially if multiple paths have been selected for conversion back to point type.