1. Create & Save Files

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IN THIS CHAPTER

Launching Illustrator 1

Creating a new document 3

Using templates 4

Adding artboards to a document 7

Deleting artboards 9

Modifying artboards 10

Aligning and rearranging artboards 11

Choosing artboard options 12

Saving a document in the Adobe Illustrator (ai) format 13

Ending a work session 14

In this chapter, we’ll show you how to get up and running in Adobe Illustrator. After learning how to launch the program, you’ll learn how to create a new document; preview, open, and create document templates; create and modify multiple artboards; save and close your document; and quit/exit Illustrator.

Launching ...

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