Is there any way to make the artboard's bounding box larger?

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I'm referring to the dark gray area that the artboards sit within. Is there a way I can make this area larger without creating a new Illustrator file. I would create a new file and make the artboard larger like I usually do but unfortunately I'm working with a graphic that has so many vectors that it cannot be copy/pasted into a new Illustrator file without Illustrator crashing...so I need to make THIS file's bounding box larger. Is this possible or no?

Schaefer6 · Accepted Answer

I found an alternative way to solve my problem. I exported the complex vector selection as a PDF and placed that in my new file and that worked. Thanks for your help.

Anshul_Saini · Answer

Hi @Schaefer6,

Thank you for reaching out. As @Doug A Roberts said, you can't increase the artboard beyond the grey area. However, you can increase your white Artboard size without creating a new document to the edges of the dark grey area by selecting the Artboard tool and dragging the corner of your white artboard or putting width & height values as shown in the screenshot below.

I hope it helps.

Regards,

Anshul Saini

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