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Can't save artboards as separate ai files

lilbeaujingles
Community Beginner ,
Oct 16, 2020 Oct 16, 2020

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!

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
Community Expert , Oct 16, 2020 Oct 16, 2020

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

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
Community Expert , Oct 16, 2020 Oct 16, 2020

Just click Save to get the option.

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
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Jul 13, 2024 Jul 13, 2024
In Response To creative explorer

Artboards can be exported in all formats with export for screens.

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Zachary0526
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Sep 17, 2024 Sep 17, 2024
In Response To Ton Frederiks

No. I don't think so. Not .ai files. Export for Screens only produces PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, and WebP formats.

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Barb36631678joo0
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Feb 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2025
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This is such a hindrance. Why even use artboards at all if you're going to need to copy and paste them into new AI files for hand off?

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
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Feb 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2025
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Export for Screens can export Artboards as .ai

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
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But don't forget to check the settings and turn on PDF compatible file

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