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Can't see white text

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May 22, 2010
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obviously with the default white background of an artboard, I won't be able to see white text. I went into document setup and selected simulate colored paper so I could change the background to black so I would see the white text, but that didn't work. still don't see the text (although in the Layers dialog box, you can see the white text but in the actual artboard it is invisible. I have search adobe.com for an answer and found nothing useful.

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Correct answer colling_s

For this you have to turn on the transparency grid, available in the view menu

raimondsi11389294

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I have the answer my friend!

Step 1: Go to File>Document setup, then at section ''Transparency and Overprint Options'' , At ''Grid colors''> Select ''Custom'' and chose whatever You want for background color.

Step 2: Go to View>Show Transparency Grid.

And that's it, You should see Your white artwork.

Hope it helps!

Best regards

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Legend

"actually i am creating brochure and i want black background on the all artboards ... how can i use black color artboards? i was found on the google for simulate color option" This won't work for any simulate colour. It is to show you what happens if you print on a coloured paper. For example if you simulate pink you will see it on screen, but it won't print the pink because it doesn't have to.

"If you were designing for a process using opaque inks (like screen printing, but there are opaque litho inks too) on a dark substrate, then it would be great to be able to preview that." I believe you can do this. But this needs a spot white colour, both for previewing and (I think) in reality (unless these printers do something clever with marking process white, but then it would be hard to return an area to the background colour).

aa87547974

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I have same problem when i use artbord black color from document setup - simulate colored paper option then i unable to work on art work if i add any image on artbord it will auto hide behind atrbord. pleas help how to arrange on front?

Monika Gause

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aa87547974 schrieb:
I have same problem when i use artbord black color from document setup - simulate colored paper option then i unable to work on art work if i add any image on artbord it will auto hide behind atrbord. pleas help how to arrange on front?

That's not what the simulate option is there for. It simulates black paper. And when you print on black paper the result will be black.

Just don't use that option and you will see your artwork.

Please tell us what you need it for and then there might be other options.

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Legend

I maybe missed this point, but surely if you colour an object white it should be invisible on any background, if designing for print. On print, white=no ink; no ink=see background paper colour. Of course an RGB design for screen use would be a different story. I've not tested it, but in my head "Invisible white on background" seems exactly right. (If you are one of the lucky few with a printer that has white ink, a different story)

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Eddie_Mercer

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I'd prefer you could change the color of the art board itself, possibly set it to default to something other than white and not have to add a layer or create new layers every time.

JETalmage

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You don't have to "add a layer or create new layers every time". Set up a document the way you want to work, with all the web-centric settings desired, including the Simulate Colored Paper setting. Save it as a Template (or make multiple such tempates). Select that Template when you create a new document.

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Eddie_Mercer

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Still too much trouble for something that should be simple and intuitive.

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Mike Sargent

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You could use Simulate Colored Paper - this is to found in File > Document Setup (about halfway down the dialogue there is a checkbox (Simulated Colored Paper and 2 coloured boxes will will bring up a colour picker for you to choose the colour to simulate, make them both the same colour). This simulated colour is obviously non-printing.

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Eddie_Mercer

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There is no way to preview white text, logo's, or graphics in illustrator (without "hacks") using backgrounds other than white. Illustrator is stuck in the 1980's functionally limited to ease of use for print only. Every print designer who moved into web is only comfortable with battery draining all white backgrounds and in adobe's eyes these are the only people doing design comps and graphics. I would feel better if every search for an answer to this myself has yielded no usefull results and led me to several forum posts like this. How hard is it to comprehend not everything is being designed for print or by designers only comfortable using white backgrounds.

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kemch1013

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When I design with white text, I make a new layer, I put a huge black rectangle on it, I lock it and throw it on the bottom. I find this to be the simpler than changing the preferences around.

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jazbtena

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Thank you!!

Jacob Bugge

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MT,

Or you can just tick View>Show Grid.

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MilkyTechAuthor

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view>show grid doesn't do it, the first answer was right: you have to click view>show transparency grid, but is that really the only way to view the white text? I have to have this annoying checkerboard as the background? why can't I just have a solid Black background so I can see it as the final print product will be?