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MeadeBaron
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September 10, 2013
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How can I save a Custom Workspace in Illustrator CC?

  • September 10, 2013
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I believe I've found a major bug in Illustrator CC ...or to put it more aptly...what appears to be an omission. The help topic path that tells how to save a custom workspace in previous versions does not exist in Illustrator CC. Has this option been reconfigured or simply forgotten? Please enlighten me if you have the answer. I'm using a Trial Version.

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    Correct answer ChrisBats

    My work is rolling out new laptops, and they really don't make things easy for us, so I started backing everything up - including all of my Illustrator Settings, Actions, and Keyboard Shortcuts. The only thing I could not find was Workspaces. Being curious, I found it saved in the AppData:

    C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 26 Settings\en_US\x64\Workspaces

    I was able to copy it over to a shared drive with all my other back-up data.

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    aih
    aih
    Participant
    July 18, 2016

    This is an old post, but it came up for me in a Google search and nobody's answered the question, so I thought I'd chime in:

    All of the above replies, which refer you to the Manage Settings menu (which is a dropdown in the current Illustrator CC) are just wrong. That's how you name a workspace when you initially create it, but there's no mechanism (there, at least) for saving externally.

    You can't save the workspace by itself, but you can save *all* your settings (including the workspaces). Got to Edit > My Settings > Export Settings and pick a file location.

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      chrisgv
      Participant
      October 5, 2016

      Yes! Thank you so much for this. I wanted to export my workspaces from an older version of AI to AICC and this worked great! Thanks for replying!

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      jooheey81144428
      Participant
      February 28, 2015

      well idk if you find the answer or not

      but anyways here's the answer. The way to put your custom illustrator workspace in illustrator CC, go to

      Window > Workspace > Manage Workspaces >>> then you can fill the blank whatever you want to put, then click OK. then you'll see your workspace on the pulldown menu.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 10, 2013

      You mean this?

      http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-6310a.html

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      MeadeBaronAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      September 10, 2013

      Yes, and if you scroll down to "Save a custom workspace"...you will see the path description: "(Illustrator) Choose Window>Workspace>Save Workspace". This path does not exist in Illiustrator CC (Trial Version). WTF? Thank you.

        Monika Gause
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        Monika GauseCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 10, 2013

        Since that document is for more than one software, the path is:

        Window>Workspace>Save Workspace

        "(Illustrator)" should just tell you that this is the solution for Illustrator

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