New document without symbols, brushes, graphic styles
New documents are pre-filled with unwanted symbols, brushes and graphic styles that bloat the documents. I always have to go in and delete these to keep file size down, especially when saving as EPS for logos, etc.
Mike B
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A related request:
Default Swatches and Styles as part of New Document Dialog
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/46925746 -
I somewhat agree. An interesting topic to talk about.
Not sure if having an option like 'Don’t load standard presets' (off by default, to respect the legacy, and sticky, of course) will solve this problem either. A newbie won’t understand the option, a pro won’t need the option — they have it all set up already. It does not mean it’s completely useless, and I’d probably would use it, instead of using the 'Clear Unused' action I even have bound to a hotkey... but still I need this on a hotkey, because I open files created by other designers, which do not care about presets (and won’t care, because the 'Clean presets' option would be optional)...
Educating neophytes is the problem.
Making changes to default presets is the problem.
Both won’t get solved with another option — that’s what I personally think. -
Ai allows users to get rid of this fluff.
To do that you have to locate document profiles files (search for. Print.ai and Web.ai to locate these).
Open them and clean all the garbage you don’t need. Save.But! When Ai updates it replaces these with default ones, so keep your copies elsewhere...
...or record an action that Selects All Unused for every panel and run it when you want to clear fluff (the way I use for now).
But yeah, I don't like these presets too. They do teach new users about possibilities, but have no purpose for experienced users.
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You don't need to have this option, really. Just trash all swatches, styles, brushes and resave this new document as a default profile (in a separate folder first) and then copy it over existing one. Access the folder by clicking Browse option in Profile dropdown in New Document dialogue.
