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karenf1
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March 15, 2017
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Duplicated artboards seem inextricably linked?

  • March 15, 2017
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I'm trying to create 19 artboards for a children's book. when I duplicated the first art board, which had guides on the pages for margins and gutters - i was surprised to see they were all linked. So, when i changed the background color rectangle for one - all 19 artboards changed color. Argh! How can I unlink them? Many thanks in advance! BTW - I'm in cs6.

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    Correct answer Ton Frederiks

    Can you clarify: "you only have one artboard?" I thought I had 20.

    I've gotten so confused over this one that IF there is only one that may be because in trying to solve this -- imay have deleted the other 19?


    But it’s easy to solve.

    Select all.

    Choose: Object > Expand Appearance

    Choose Object > Ungroup as many times as possible (probably 2).

    Deselect All

    Layers panel: Click at the right side of Layer 3 to select all on that layer.

    Copy

    Object > Artboards > Convert to Artboards.

    Edit > Paste in Front

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    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    March 15, 2017

    They are not linked, but they share layers.

    Check the Layers panel to see what happens.

    You may want to create separate layers for your background.

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      karenf1Author
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      March 15, 2017

      THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SPEEDY REPLY! I see that the layers are all the same -- but I can't change one without changeing (moving - changing color) without all of them changing as if they wre linked.

      Ton Frederiks
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      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 15, 2017

      Can you make a screendump of the  artboards and the expanded layers panel with the background object selected?

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