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kateva4419120
kateva4419120
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July 25, 2023
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Position numbers set to canvas not artboard

  • July 25, 2023
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I rearranged my artboards using the tool in Illustrator and now all my x and y position numbers are set to the middle of the canvas and not the middle of the artboards. I've searched every setting and dialog box and can't find a way to fix this. Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

Kathy

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

You are probably using Global rulers.

You can change them to Artboard rulers to have each artboard it's own 0/0 point.

To change it use Ctrl click in the ruler or use View > Rulers > Change to...

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 25, 2023

You are probably using Global rulers.

You can change them to Artboard rulers to have each artboard it's own 0/0 point.

To change it use Ctrl click in the ruler or use View > Rulers > Change to...

    kateva4419120
    kateva4419120Author
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    July 25, 2023

    Yep that fixed it. Thanks!

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    July 25, 2023

    Good to hear that helped.

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    Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
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    July 25, 2023

    Have you tried manually resetting the origin point on the active artboard (dragging a new origin point from the upper left corner of the rulers to the preferred corner of the artboard)? Normally when I have an Illustrator document containing multiple artboard the rulers change depending on which artboard is active.

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