Best way to resize artwork

[Bigmorg]

Hi,

I am pretty new to Illustrator and was wondering if there is an easy way to resize my artwork? I understand how to resize Artboards, but is there an easier way to resize the complete artboard incl. all content from e.g. 4:5 ratio to a 3:4 or paper size formats? Ideally, I'd like to not have to resize all art content to the new size and automatically resize borders, font size/ratio etc. to the new Artboard size. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks!

[Monika Gause]

What should happen with a different ratio? unproportional scaling?

Please show a screenshot.

Please describe what you have tried and why that doesn't work for you.

[Bigmorg]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Just to give a little more context. The reason I want to resize the artwork is to have the same art available for various paper sizes, postcards/photos and other print formats. For example a letter art (quote) available in A3, Letter, 5x7 and 4x6.

I hope this helps.

Thanks

[Monika Gause]

You can resize your artwork once it has been placed in the layout software.

Please describe why this doesn't work for you.

[jdanek · Accepted solution]

Use the Scale tool.

[Willi Adelberger]

Why do you need to scale it? For the use in another application like InDesign? Scale the placed AI file.

For print? Save as PDF and scale upon print.