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Hi There,
I'm working with Illustrator CS6. I'm drafting sewing patterns in several sizes which sometimes are larger than A4.
I need to export these layers into 4 x A4 PDFs tiled from my larger artboards, as they are to be part of a complete A4 document. I am able to tile the artboard and not retain layers in the PDF or retain layers in the PDF and not tile the artboard.
I have tried printing to postscript and converting in distiller. and have tried exporting and saving as to PDF with tiles in more ways than I can remember.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
If this isnt possible.. is there a way I can seperate my A2 artboard into 4 A4 and split my objects with them?
Yes, you can create 4 A4 rectangles and convert each to artboards (Object > Artboards > Convert to Artboards).
You can keep the large artboard too,
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Yes, you can create 4 A4 rectangles and convert each to artboards (Object > Artboards > Convert to Artboards).
You can keep the large artboard too,
Save as PDF
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Brilliant! Thankyou so much, I had a feeling I was over thinking it xD
Much appreciated 🙂
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Good to hear that helped.
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Could you please re-share this link? I am unable to access the file and this would be very helpful for me!
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I do not have the file anymore, but the image should show you how it is done
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Thanks! I see the image now, for some reason I couldn't see it before.
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That's possible, I could not find the link and substituted it for an image I made today. Hope that helps.
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I did resave my link as a CS6 compatible file.