Artboards

Illustrator has artboards instead of pages. Since Illustrator is more about creation and than it is about formatting books, we use artboards instead of page layouts. When creating a new document, you can specify how many artboards you would like, or you can easily add them later.

Artboard Panel

The Artboard panel is located under Window>Artboards. This displays the artboards in order and by name, and offers options to edit, add, or delete artboards.

Naming the artboard can be done by double-clicking on the name to open the edit field. Type in the new name and click Return. Options can be accessed by double-clicking on the artboard ...

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