changing document size ?

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5 total messages Started by Bobby_Rohrkemper Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:59

#169

Author: Bobby_Rohrkemper
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:59

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How can I change the size of my page in Illustrator? I'm working with a PDF.

I've followed the directions here:
 <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/14.0/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-64bea.html>

They say to go to the print menu and do it there. But after I've done this, I click 'done' and the size of my page does not appear to change.

Later, I'm going to embed this PDF inside another document and I don't want there to be a lot of white space. Currently the bottom half of my A4 page is empty.

thanks for your help!

Re: changing document size ?

#170

Author: Scott Falkner
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:20

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File > Document Setup.

Re: changing document size ?

#179

Author: Bobby_Rohrkemper
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:31

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thanks scott.

yes, i've looked at document setup, but i don't know which option to change there.

see three subsections "bleed and view options", "transparency" and "type options", but nothing that suggests changing the size of the page.

Re: changing document size ?

#180

Author: Wade_Zimmerman
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:28

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Use the artboard tool to select he art board you want to change. Then double click the artboard tool in the tool panel. Now you can enter a new size and position of the artboard.

You can also click the edit artboard button in the document setup to manually resize the artboard. Or just select it with the artboard tool to resize it manually.

Resizing all artboards at once is not possible. Perhaps a script or plug in. They are not actually pages and unlike a page layout program they can be different sizes in the same document. The designer who needs to control the publications graphic system in a consistent way throughout the publication. Do not even know if it is possible to eventually do.

You can only select one art board at a time. Keep in mind Illustrator is not a layout program but a vector art creation program. So the artboards are not actually pages.

It is a relative new feature.

Re: changing document size ?

#191

Author: Steve_Fairbairn
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:29

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The old way (pre-CS4) is Cmd-Option-P. There you can enter the artboard dimensions.

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