Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 46)

39 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Workspace
You can preview artboards from the print dialog before printing them. The print settings you choose are applied to all
of the artboards you selected to print.
By default all artwork is cropped to an artboard and all artboards print as individual pages. Use the Range option in
the Print dialog box to print specific pages, select Ignore Artboards and specify placement options to combine all art
onto a single page or tile the artwork as desired.
See also
“ Change the page size and orientation ” on page 407
“ Reposition artwork on the page ” on page 405
“ Tile artwork on multiple pages ” on page 406
Artboard options
You open the Artboard Options dialog box by double-clicking the Artboard tool , or clicking the Artboard tool and
then clicking Artboard Options button in the Control panel.
Preset Specifies artboard dimensions. These presets set the ruler Pixel Aspect Ratio appropriately for the specified
output.
Width and Height Specifies the size of the artboard.
Orientation Specifies portrait or landscape page orientation.
Constrain Proportions Keeps the aspect ratio of the artboard intact if you manually resize it.
X: and Y: Position Specifies the position of the artboard according to Illustrator’s workspace rulers. To view these
rulers, choose View > Show Rulers.
Show Center Mark Displays a point in the center of the artboard.
Show Cross Hairs Displays cross lines through the center of each side of the artboard.
Show Video Safe Areas Displays guides that represent the areas that fall inside the viewable area of video. You want to
keep all text and art that must be viewable to users inside the video safe areas.
Ruler Pixel Aspect Ratio Specifies the pixel aspect ratio used for the artboard rulers.
Fade Region Outside Artboard Displays the area outside of the artboard a darker shade than the area inside the
artboard when the Artboard tool is active.
Update While Dragging Keeps the area outside of the artboard darker as you drag to resize the artboard. If this is not
selected, the outside area displays in the same color as inside the artboard while resizing.
Artboards Indicates how many artboards exist.
Create an artboard
1 Do any of the following:
• To create a custom artboard, select the Artboard tool , and drag in the workspace to define the shape, size, and
location.
• To use a preset artboard, double-click the Artboard tool, select a preset in the Artboard Options dialog box, and
click OK. Drag the artboard to position it where you want.
• To create an artboard within an active artboard, hold down Shift and drag using the Artboard tool.