

SelectingĬlick on it – or, if it’s inside another already selected larger artboard, click outside the larger one and then click it – or use Option when clicking.SocialSizes is the quickest way to find the correct sizes for the most popular social networks in the world. You can drag an artboard around and re-position it when you’re in artboard mode. you can work on images that will print across several pages). OverlayingĪrtboards can overlay each other (i.e. However, if you return the file to Illustrator CS4 your re-ordering does not follow. Note: Although Illustrator CS4 will not let you freely re-number your artboards for export purposes – you can save as a PDF, then open the PDF in Acrobat and re-order them there if that helps. You can still position them any way you want. If you delete one, the others will re-number themselves automatically. Select your artboard and click the Artboard Options button (see below) to edit it specifically in its own Artboard Options Dialog Box (see below):Īrtboards are numbered in the order you add them. You can also Move/Copy Artwork with Artboard using its button which is next to the Trash button (see below): – by using the Artboard Options button (see below):ĭuplicate your selected artboard using Option-Drag-Release (use Shift to constrain your movement) or clicking the New Artboard button (see below): one’s a business card, one’s a poster, one’s a calendar page, etc. You can have many different sized artboards in the same document where each artboard is going to a different destination – i.e.

DeletingĬlick the Close button (see below) in the upper-right corner of an artboard or select it and use Delete (see below): Shift-Hold while re-sizing to re-size proportionately.Release Shift and just drag to change its size.) Shift-Hold using the selection tool (A) to make your new artboard.Creating a new artboard inside an existing artboard To leave Artboard Mode press Escape (and it will save your changes when you do this and switch you to the last tool you used) – or – click any other tool in the Toolbar to get out of artboard mode. To enter Artboard Mode use Shift-O (⇧ O) or click the Artboard Tool to put you in artboard mode (see below):
