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Why has the option in increase the size of the Pasteboard been removed in the latest version???

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January 6, 2026
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I use this all the time as I create large adjoining walls for booths that have to match and for the elements i use, i need to increase the Pasteboard.
Has this option been moved or renamed for some crazy reason?

Crazily, I can load an old document that i have increased the pasteboard size, and I can use that, but we should not have to use workarounds for such a fundamental feature!

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Are you talking about Large Canvas Documents?

Unfortunately you cannot change a regular size document into a large canvas document (and the other way around).

You can only create a Large Canvas Document when you create a new file.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/add-and-import-files/start-a-new-file/create-files-on-large-canvases.html

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Are you talking about Large Canvas Documents?

Unfortunately you cannot change a regular size document into a large canvas document (and the other way around).

You can only create a Large Canvas Document when you create a new file.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/add-and-import-files/start-a-new-file/create-files-on-large-canvases.html

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Thanks! yes that does work, convoluted, but it works.

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Good to hear that you can work with that.