Can't save artboards as separate ai files

[lilbeaujingles]

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble saving my artboards as separate ai files. I watched a tutorial on it but when I tried it myself, my Save As window grays out the "Use Artboards" checkbox. It only ungrays for eps or svg files. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks!

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

You need to save as Adobe Illustrator and in the options window check the "Save each artboard to a separate file"

[lilbeaujingles]

Thanks for your quick response — I don't have that option though. I uploaded a screenshot in my initial post. My artboard checkbox is not available and I don't have the option you are talking about either. My Adobe CC is up to date as well.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

Just click Save to get the option.

[Ton Frederiks]

[lilbeaujingles]

Awesome, thank you! 🙂

[Ton Frederiks]

Good to hear that helped.

[Рита25119372n3lx]

Hello there! Now I have the  same problem as been discribed but all your previous suggestions didn't work for me(( 

[Ton Frederiks]

Please show where you cannot check that option.

[passlocks]

Hi! I'm having this problem right now. When I click "save" No "illustrator options" pannel shows up, it just saves to the current file I have with all my artboards in one. When I click "Save as" the pannel does show up but "Save as different artboards" Is greyed out. Any advice?

[Ton Frederiks]

The only way I can see it greyed out is when there is only one artboard. Did you check the Artboards panel?

[passlocks]

I had no idea that was a thing till now. I just checked and it's showing up with all 18. They're all copies if that makes any difference? 

[passlocks]

Man, I figured out it, it's not greyed out. Thank you.

[Ton Frederiks]

Good to hear it works!

[sethwise]

What was the solution you figured out?

[Anubhav Majumder]

Hello @sethwise,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind trying the following steps to check if they help:

- Choose the Save option for your new file with multiple artboards, choose the option to save on your computer, and click Save after selecting the folder location.
(No need to worry about the artboard option being greyed out)

- On the next window, check the option for Save each artboard to a separate file and click OK.

If the problem persists, kindly share more details, like the exact version of the OS/Illustrator, your workflow details, and a screen recording of the problem (https://adobe.ly/41rQgTm), so we can investigate this further.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav