Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
• Create and manage artboards manually and interactively by selecting the Artboard tool
(Shift-O) instead of invoking the dialog, dragging artboards to scale and position them, and
using the Control panel options. Enabling Smart Guides can help with precise manual
alignment.
• Name your active artboard by double-clicking on the Artboard name and renaming it
directly. Or select the Artboard tool and change its name in either the Control panel or in
the Artboards Options dialog. The name is listed in the Artboards panel and in the list of
artboard panels in the status bar (Artboard Navigation, located at the bottom right of the
document window).
• Rearrange artboards through the Artboards panel menu or Object> Artboards> Rearrange,
choose rows, columns, and spacing; whether or not to move your artwork with the artboard;
and the last-used settings persist.
• Reorder the list of artboards in the Artboards panel using the up and down arrow icons.
Reordering artboards within the Artboards panel doesn't change the way the actual
artboards are arranged in your workspace. However, be aware that the order of artboards in
the panel determines the order in which artboards print or are ordered when saved as a
multi-page PDF.
• Use Shift-Page Up or Shift-Page Down to navigate the Artboard panel layers, which will
fill the window with your selected artboard as you navigate.
• Artboards have a reference point. In the Position area of Artboard Options, choose the
reference point from which artboards get resized.
• Overlapping art across multiple artboards, or overlapping artboards onto one piece of art,
allows you to develop multiple versions of the same image without duplicating elements.
Each artboard will print only those portions of the art wholly contained within its borders,
allowing you to print or export duplicates, and/or portions of an art piece, from the one
instance of the art (this is a useful technique for storyboarding and comic strips).
• Convert a non-rotated rectangle to an artboard by choosing Object> Artboards> Convert
to Artboard.
• Use Fit to Artwork Bounds and Fit to Selected Art commands (in the Preset list on the
Control panel when the Artboard tool is selected, or under Object> Artboards), for resizing
artboards according to their contents.
• To locate an artboard visually when another artboard fills your view, choose View> Fit All
in Window ( -Option-0/Ctrl-Alt-0). To activate it, click on the artboard with the Selection
tool or click on its name in the Artboards panel.
• When zooming, the commands Fit Artboard in Window ( -0/Ctrl-0) and Actual Size (
-1/Ctrl-1) affect the active artboard. Double-clicking in the Artboards panel to the right of
an inactive artboard's name or on its number on the left (single-click if it's active), also
zooms that artboard to Fit Artboard in Window size.
• Export artboards as separate TIFF, JPEG, PSD, or PNG files when you need a rasterized
version of every artboard in your document.
Design to the edge
By default, artwork that extends beyond an artboard won't print, making it important to watch not only
for artwork left off the artboard, but for artwork that has been manually positioned on the page in the
Print dialog. If your artwork extends beyond the edge of an artboard, make sure you add a bleed setting
value; if the artwork gets placed in InDesign or saved as EPS, it's all still visible.
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