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  1. Multiple Artboards only saving as main file name

    When exporting multiple artboards, they are not saving as individual artboard names but rather, trying to save as the main file name.

    Mac Ventura 13.5.1
    Illustrator Desktop Version 27.8.1

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  2. Artboard orientation changes from vertical to horizontal by itself

    After update to 28.3, some artboards are switching orientation by themselves. It's not specific to content or number of artboards, apparently. Sometimes I just open a document with some artboards and hover my cursor over them (not even clicking anything) and the artboard just flips orientation from vertical to horizontal. Most of my work consists on social media posts (1080x1920px or 1080x1350px) witch now Illustrator insists in automatically switching to Landscape for no apparent reason.
    By the way, the content is not flipped, just the artboard. And not all of them, usually just one out of the 10 or 20…

    15 votes

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    The team has been investigating this problem in-house, and so far fails to find the exact steps required to make this happen. Seems to be either file- or machine-specific.

    Please provide your full specs and try to come up with exact steps that lead to this.

    A test file and a test video will surely help!

  3. Exporting Artboards

    When I try exporting an artboard lets say as a PNG and put in that specific artboard, the preview comes up as the wrong artboard, it is usually the first one. This has been going on for a while and I have just come to the realization that it is a bug because I cancel the export and then try again and it works.

    1 vote

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  4. PDF files made on large artboards get downscaled incorrectly.

    When exporting a PDF from a document that's set to "large artboard" the resolution of linked images will get downsampled 10x as much.

    In the screenshots I've provided an example of an Illustrator document that's set to large artboard mode. Artboard is an A4 format with an image that's 300 DPI.

    I then export the PDF saying it should downsample images to 300 DPI.

    Once I open up the PDF in an InDesign document of the same size, you'll see the linked file appears 10x smaller. Not only that, but if you look closely at the image, you'll see that…

    5 votes

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  5. Artboard Borders / Guides / Grid Disappear when Scrolling/Panning

    When I scroll or pan with the scrollbars or the hand tool the black border of the artboards disappear. This is super annoying as I keep my canvas white, so when I'm moving around the canvas, I can't see where the artboards are until I release the hand tool.

    57 votes

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  6. Illustrator WILL NOT display art OR artboards.

    How about making Illustrator useable for starters?
    I pay enough for this service. I have done a full update and restart of my computer, all of my adobe products are up to date, AND I've uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator.
    This is what I get when I open a new document. Show artboards is on. NOTHING comes up despite using ALL of the fixes I can find in your boards.

    I expect a service I drop $700 a year on to actually WORK Adobe.

    2 votes

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  7. Unable to export Artboards as SVG

    The AI does export to SVG. I have used this constantly in the previous version, but the new version will not save the image in SVG format using the Export for Screens option.

    88 votes

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    We have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 22.1.
    Please refer to our knowledge base FAQhttps://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
    Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
    Adobe. Make It an Experience.

  8. Moving an artboard using the Artboard Tool moves non-overlapping paths and shapes in adjacent artboards

    Moving an artboard should only move paths and shapes within the artboard and paths and shapes overlapped from other artboards. If possible, overlapped paths and shapes should only move if a majority is in the selected artboard.

    1 vote

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  9. Unable to save Illustrator file as svg using artboards

    We use Illustrator to draw lots of icons.
    If we place each iocn on an artboard and try to save each artboard to a file by selecting Save as -> svg -> use artboards -> all,
    we expect multiple icons to be saved to multiple svg files.

    We actually get multiple svg files, but each svg contains all layer names from the original file and one svg icon.

    It would be very helpful, if manual cleanup after saving / exporting wasn't necessary.

    2 votes

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  10. A new artboard created in a template with two artboards gets 'Artboard 2' name instead of 'Artboard 3'

    My default document I use to begin projects has two artboards. If I add a third artboard, it will be named "Artboard 2" and I have to go into the settings and rename it "Artboard 3" in order to print properly.

    1 vote

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  11. Save artboards as individual files - File name bug

    When I try to save an .ai and check "Save each artboard as a seperate file"
    Illy should create each file with my chosen file name, plus appended with the name of each artboard.
    Except sometimes it fails to append the correct artboard name. I always rename my artboards, and sometimes it just adds the default dartboard name.

    I'm on:
    2017 iMac
    macOS Catalina 10.15.2 (19C57)

    and,

    Illustrator 24.0.3

    1 vote

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  12. Layers and Artboards tool disappears in sidebar when Illustrator is reopened.

    Every time I open Illustrator the Layers and Artboards tools disappear in my side bar. I have to go to the Window Menu and click on Layers to make it reappear.

    1 vote

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  13. Failure to create artboards when reading file with SDK in CC 2018

    Issue occurs in CC 2018 when creating artboards during the GoFileFormat message handler in a plugin that registers its own file format.

    In previous versions you could create artboards up to the size of the canvas using AIArtboard::SetPosition without any errors. In CC 2018 when you call AIArtboard::SetPosition it seems to compare the position to the result of AIDocument::GetDocumentMaxArtboardBounds and if it is outside of the maximum bounds it returns an error code. In CC 2018, the maximum art boards for a new document seem to be based on the /artboard setting in the preferences file, which in turn seems…

    5 votes

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  14. Can't Add Artboards in Increments of 10 by Using Shift

    Used to be able in the new document window add 10 artboards by shift+clicking the buttons to the side. Now whenever I do it, it's just one at a time. Would be nice to have that back.

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  15. Rearrange All Artboards does not move artwork with it when spacing is adjusted

    1. OS X / Adobe CC 2018 (OS X is where this document ran into this issue, but if it helps troubleshoot, it is being passed back and forth between a Windows 10 machine).

    2. I have a document with multiple artboards. I needed to increase the spacing between them. I went to Rearrange All Artboards where "Move Art with Artboard" was already selected from multiple previous re-arrangings. I changed the spacing from 20px to 60px.

    3. I expected the artboards to have the new spacing, with art in the same location.

    4. The artboards had the new spacing, but the art on every…

    1 vote

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    I am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
    Please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.

    Thanks
    Anish Kumar
    Illustrator Team

  16. Easiest fix of the year: keyboard shortcuts listed incorrectly on website (paste in place, paste on all artboards)

    Keyboard shortcuts incorrect on website (paste in place, paste on all artboards). Instances of "B" should be "V."

    2 votes

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  17. Convert to Artboards doesn't work if there are Sublayers on the same Layer

    I get the following error message when I try to convert a Rectangle to an Artboard when the rectangle exists on a layer that also contains a Sublayer:

    "To create Artboards, select non-rotated rectangles that are not clipping masks."

    OS: macOS Big Sur Version 11.5

    Illustrator Version 25.4

    2 votes

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  18. No artboards!

    I am using Mac OS Mojave (OS 10.14) with Illustrator 19. When I try to create a new file or open up an existing one, nothing happens! No new artboard appears for me - the page that loads on start up remains there. I've been using Illustrator since the early 90s and nothing like this has ever happened. This is a recent manifestation since the installation of version 19 - please advise what to do!

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  19. The artboard names and numbers dissapeared in 25.4.1

    I can still see the grey box in the top left corner of the artboards, but the names and numbers are gone. It started when I updated Illustrator to 25.3.1. I thought the issue would be solved in this new update but it is still there

    12 votes

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  20. Blinking Cursor absent in Artboard panel

    Operating system: Mac OS 10.14.6
    Illustrator version: 24.2.3

    Hi, When typing inside the Artboards panel to name artboards the blinking cursor appears to be missing.
    Regards
    Gary

    4 votes

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