How-To: Export from ai to pdf single drawing boards

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Hello, I have a problem, I have 25 drawing boards in illustrator and the file is saved as .ai, I want to export to single pdf for each drawing board, I've done it with export for screens, but the problem is that when I open the created pdf again into illustrator I see again all the 25 drawing boards and not the one that I exported in this pdf, it's very annoying, then I have to delete the drawing boards that I don't need. Anyone has a solution? Thank you!

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But if i export PDF without Illustrator editing capabilities after that all fonts are missing. Please check refrence in Previous post

If you want to edit single artboards, just check the "Save each artboard to a separate file" option when saving as .ai.

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Good to hear that helped

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Ton Frederiks

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And always use the original Illustrator file to edit. PDF is a final delivery format.

If you want to have separate Illustrator files, use the "Save each artboard to a separate file" checkbox in the Illustrator Options when saving as...

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Francesca PetriniAuthor

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a yes, thank you!

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Ton Frederiks

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Hi Francesca,

The default PDF export settings will have Illustrator Editing turned on, which means that all artboards will be included in the file, even when they are not visible in Acrobat.

Save your file as .ai to keep a complete editable Illustrator file.

In Illustrator choose Edit > Adobe PDF Presets and create a new preset without Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities.

When choosing Export > Export for Screens choose PDF and click the cog wheel to choose the export settings.

Select PDF, choose the one you created without Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities and click Save Settings.

Select the Artboard you want to export and click Export Artboard.

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Francesca PetriniAuthor

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Wow, now it goes like I wanted! Thank you very much for your experience here it is really helpful when you have to export many drawing boards! It's really true, you never stop learning in life and that's the best! 🙂

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