Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Using Multiple Artboards
Artboards are regions of a document that contain printable artwork. You can use artboards
as crop areas for printing or placement. They are useful for working with multiple artwork
elements. You can create multiple artboards (1 to 100) at different sizes and position them
anywhere on the screen. You can create multiple artboards by using the New dialog box,
the Artboard tools in the Tools panel, or the Artboards panel. Multiple artboards are use-
ful for creating documents at different sizes, creating and organizing artwork in different
places within the same document, and creating multiple-page PDFs. You can also specify
custom names for artboards, rearrange the artboard layout, reorder artboards, and duplic-
ate artboards.
Create an Artboard
Select the
Artboard
tool on the Tools panel.
To use a preset dimension, click the
Preset
list arrow on the Control panel, and
then select a preset.
Drag in the workspace (outside an artboard) to create an artboard.
• To create an artboard within an artboard, hold down Shift and then drag.
To duplicate an existing artboard, click to select the artboard, click the
New Art-
board
button on the Control or Artboards panel, and then click to place it.
• To create multiple duplicates, Alt-click instead as many times as you want.
• To open the Artboards panel, click the
Window
menu, and then click
Art-
boards
.
Enter a name in the Name box on the Control Panel.
To navigate between artboards, use the Navigation buttons on the Status bar or on
the Artboards panel.
To exit the artboard editing mode, press Esc or click a different tool.
