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April 20, 2023
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Exporting a selected section of an illustrator project

  • April 20, 2023
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Trying to select and export only a section of a current Illustrator 27.4.1 project. I can't seem to figure out how to do this. It is a park map and the client wants the entire park map as a pdf, and each section of the park in a pdf. Hopefully I can have just one overall park map and export sections of it as the client wants. Couldn't find an existing answer in the forums. Yes, I am fairly new to Illustrator. Appreciate your help!

 

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Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

Each AI file can have multiple artboards. Just set a single one for the whole project and then a set of smaller ones to cover the areas you want. To export do a save as, make sure the Use artboards box is checked and use the Range to select the artboard you want to export.

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Met1
Met1
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April 20, 2023

Export selection doesn't work for you?

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Suncast StudiosAuthor
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April 20, 2023

Met1, to be honest, I haven't been able to figure out how to just select a whole section of an artboard (the main board with entire map on it). Apparently I must be using the wrong terminology when searching for an answer to this. It doesn't appear to work like cropping a photo (which is what I am more use to). 🙂

Larry G. Schneider
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Larry G. SchneiderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 20, 2023

Each AI file can have multiple artboards. Just set a single one for the whole project and then a set of smaller ones to cover the areas you want. To export do a save as, make sure the Use artboards box is checked and use the Range to select the artboard you want to export.

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    Suncast StudiosAuthor
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    April 20, 2023

    Thank you Larry! After looking up how to work with multpiple artboards I was able to accomplish exporting different sections as seperate artboards.

     

    Larry G. Schneider
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    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
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    April 20, 2023

    Glad you could follow my directions.

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