Allow to edit predefined and add new preset sizes for each document profile (like A1, A5...)

I regularly design flyers in A5 size and it would be great to have that as a new document preset in addition to A4 and A3

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Anonymous shared this idea · Aug 8, 2017 · Report… · Admin →

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AdminSaurav Agrawal (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Feb 25, 2025

Starting V28.7, you can now easily configure your own preset and save it for later use. We have also refreshed our preset library to include not just the A5 size but other missing presets for categories like social, branding etc.

Please let us know what do you think about them !

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AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Jun 2, 2024

The recently announced change pushed into Beta 28.6.578 refers to this similar request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35253820 ( http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35253820 )

The users can now use save custom presets within the Saved tab in the New Document dialog (modern one, not the legacy one). Please provide the dedicated feedback there.

As for the ability to change the existing predefined sizes for each document profile (Print, Web, etc,), like A1, A5, etc, — this is not yet available. Stay tuned and sorry for the misfire.

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AdminSaurav Agrawal (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · May 31, 2024

Hi All , custom preset now available in BETA starting V28.6.578 !

With this new change, you can now configure your own document preset and save it for later use. To access this functionality, configure your preset from the file>new and click on the save preset icon. Your custom presets are now saved and is accessible to you from the ‘saved’ preset category.

We request you to please try out this feature so that if there are any feedback from you, we can resolve them and make this feature available to everyone.

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AdminSaurav Agrawal (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Nov 9, 2023

We understand that the ability to create custom presets is super important. We have started working on this issues and you will soon see this capability in the BETA builds. Please keep an eye out and share your feedback.

Planned ·

AdminSaurav Agrawal (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Oct 30, 2023

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Anna commented · July 27, 2018 7:22 AM · Report

Yeah, I work at a printing shop and it sucks that Illustrator doesn't have these size options, making me have to enter it in everytime.

I've found a way to create profiles though which is pretty good.

Go into Illustrator, create the size that you want to save, and then save or place it into:
Mac Computers: Application > Adobe Illustrator > right click Adobe Illustrator app > Select Show Package contents > Required > New Document Profile > en_US > and then drag your new saved Ai file into here.

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Paul commented · January 9, 2018 6:50 PM · Report

The new(ish) file new in illustrator has a lovely overview of theses presets, but thinks like the missing A5 AND the lack of any sensible way to save your own presets (see: any other Adobe app) makes me wonder what the point is of this entire window.

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AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented · November 28, 2017 11:30 AM · Report

I can edit document profiles, but I can't make presets for sizes I use and get rid of unwanted sizes in New document window.
Please add interface for doing it.

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Howard commented · November 15, 2017 8:47 AM · Report

Would love to know how to save document presents in the new 'Saved' tab.

Crazy that you can not easily set up A0, A1, A2, A5, A6 etc etc document presets.

Appears that the 'Saved' tab could be for that, but still do not know how to do it!

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C Brown commented · November 15, 2017 6:01 AM · Report

Can you please create and offer native print templates for A0-A8?

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Marc commented · November 8, 2017 6:42 PM · Report

Custom Presets work in Photoshop, cant be that difficult to implement in Illustrator?

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Anonymous commented · October 7, 2017 3:02 PM · Report

I agree completely! I can't believe Illustrator has been going for about 30 years and no one at Adobe has thought to add in presets for A6, A5, A2, etc.

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Pippa Punch commented · October 5, 2017 2:48 PM · Report

Yes please! But further than that - make the presets easily customisable! I consistantly work with A2, A1 & A0 . How do you make something appear under the saved tab?? Where are my templates? Currently it is massively over complicated and yet still doesn't work.

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Jason commented · September 13, 2017 4:46 AM · Report

Yes, the whole process is a bit confused and should be easier than it is. You can save a template, but who knows how you retrieve it.

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