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November 14, 2009
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How to Preview artboard only in Illustrator?

  • November 14, 2009
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Like in InDesign where you can hit "W" to preview without the stuff outside the artboard, is there to look at the work thats just in the Composition?

Thanks

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Correct answer Scott Falkner

Illustrator has no equivalent. You can add a layer with white or grey boxes to cover the bleed, then show/hide that layer whenever you want a clean InDesign-like preview.

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bjornv34678272
Participant
May 16, 2019

Finally ! After 10 years.

You now can go View -> Trim View >

This incredible revolutionary divine intervention of a feature came to mother-earth 30th of april.

10 years after it was first requested.

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 16, 2019

It was introduced in the October update, so just a quick nine years.

Participant
April 25, 2018

Hey, what i do is SHIFT>OPT> COMMAND> S all at once, as if you're going to save for web, gives you a png preview (or whatever you have it set to show), you can then cancel it.

December 9, 2016

I just usually preview with save for web

Scott Falkner
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Scott FalknerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 15, 2009

Illustrator has no equivalent. You can add a layer with white or grey boxes to cover the bleed, then show/hide that layer whenever you want a clean InDesign-like preview.

Participant
March 14, 2013

A shame, really...

Known Participant
August 9, 2013

I think Carlos wrote a script for this... if I can find it.....

Yup.. check this thread....

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3895305#3895305


That script hasn't worked once for me. It clips the wrong areas.

Adobe needs to make this a one-keystroke solution as in InDesign (the W key). I would say this is the most requested feature.