Saving as PDF loses all artwork outside of artboard - THIS HAS TO BE FIXED
For 15 years I have never had an issue saving files as PDFs. I have always used the save as Smallest File Size PDF option, I do a lot of large format printing so this is necessary in order to rip files in a timely manner to the printer. Now when I save a pdf all my artwork that's outside the artboard disappears, hours upon hours of artwork just gone, no warning. Its bad enough there is no longer a way to purchase the software so having to pay monthly and the constant terrible updates are ruining me and my business. Please fix this back to way it used to be. My artwork outside the artboard should not disappear.
Toni Spezio
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Hmm. Smallest File Size preset unchecks the Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option, so it means the artwork outside of the artboard gets discarded. If I recall correctly, this is how it always worked... disabling this option essentially makes 'saving' into 'exporting', and since you can’t have the smallest file size with a ton of things not even visible on artboard, Ai removes it... as the preset suggests!
Are you sure you haven't modified the preset to include Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities before? -
Samuel Tan commented
i thought i was going crazy when adobe illustrator does NOT respond at all when i try to download something…
