Create new documents – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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You can choose from the following profiles:
Print Document
Uses a default letter size artboard, and provides a variety of other preset print sizes to choose from.
Use this profile if you plan to send this file to a service bureau for output to a high-end printer.
Web Document
Provides preset options optimized for output to the web.
Mobile And Devices Document
Creates a small file size that is preset for a specific mobile device. You can choose
your device from the Size menu. Click Device Central to open Adobe Device Central and view the document layout
in a specified device interface.
Video And Film Document
Provides several preset video- and film-specific crop area sizes (note that the Artboard
option changes to Crop Size for this profile). Illustrator creates only square pixel files, so to ensure that the sizes are
interpreted correctly in video applications, Illustrator adjusts the Width and Height values. For example, if you
choose NTSC DV Standard, Illustrator uses a pixel size of 648 x 480, which translates to 740 x 480 pixels in video-
based applications.
Basic CMYK Document
Uses a default letter size artboard, and provides a variety of other sizes to choose from. Use
this profile if you plan to send a document to multiple types of media. If one of the media types is a service bureau,
you’ll want to manually increase the Raster Effects setting to High.
Basic RGB Document
Uses a default 800 x 600 size artboard, and provides a variety of other print-, video-, and web-
specific sizes to choose from. Do not use this option if you plan to send a document to a service bureau or output to
a high-end printer. Use this profile for documents that will be output to mid-level printers, to the web, or multiple
types of media.
For a video on setting up new documents, see
Create new documents
You can create new Illustrator documents from a new document profile or from a template. Creating a document
from a new document profile gives you a blank document with the selected profile’s default fill and stroke colors,
graphic styles, brushes, symbols, actions, viewing preferences, and other settings. Creating a document from a
template gives you a document with preset design elements and settings, as well as content, such as cropmarks and
guides, for specific document types, such as brochures or CD covers.
You create a new document from the Welcome screen, or by using File > New or File > Device Central (for mobile
device output). The Welcome screen appears whenever a document is not currently open.
For a video on setting up new documents, see
See also
“About new document profiles” on page 33
“About transparency” on page 173
Create a new document using the Welcome screen
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Open Illustrator, or if Illustrator is already open, choose Help
> Welcome Screen.
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Do any of the following:
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Select a new document profile from the Create New list. The New Document dialog box opens with all options
set to the optimized values for the selected new document profile. You can change any of the preset values as
desired and click OK to open the new document.