how to see business card,brochure size in illustrator?

[Rbk95]

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[Jacob Bugge]

Rahat,

As I (mis)understand it, Window>Transform panel with the artwork selected, or File>Document Setup>Artboard.

[Bill Silbert · Accepted solution]

The easiest way to find the artboard size and to then be able to change it is to double-click on the artboard tool. When you do that the Artboard Options dialog will appear and you can make changes to the active artboard in the area highlighted in red in the screenshot below. When you're done simply click on any other tool to get back to the regular Preview or Outline mode.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Hmm!

I know this is not the answer you're looking for but...

Sounds like you're designing layouts. You're in the wrong application.

If you even think of calling it a layout, use InDesign. Brochures should not be designed in Illustrator. It's like hammering a nail with a screw driver.

[jdanek]

"Sounds like you're designing layouts. You're in the wrong application."

That is bad advice.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

I'd like to see you design a brochure in Illustrator, just to see how long it takes.

Illustrator is NOT a layout application.

[Bill Silbert]

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"Sounds like you're designing layouts. You're in the wrong application."

That is bad advice.

If you think that is bad advice then maybe you could elaborate on why you think that.

[jdanek]

"Illustrator is NOT a layout application."

So, why all the typographic controls?  Why the ability to import and place image files?  Why the ability to "layout" a web user interface?  To say Illustrator is not a layout application is ignorant.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Why NOT Illustrator for layouts?

Type Styles are inadequate.

Text Wraps are primitive at best.

Tabs are awful (if you add a Leader it does not connect to a previous Leader.)

Bullets and Numbering, the old fashion way.

In AI, it's way harder to find the Glyph you need in the Glyphs panel.

Master Pages? There are none.

The ability to work in Spreads? Nope!

Custom Preflight? No Preflight at all.

Do I need to even mention all of InDesign's Book features?

Auto Page Numbering? NOPE! Next and Previous Page Numbers. Nothing close.

Placed PSDs work better with InDesign. (The ability to turn on or off Layers from within InDesign. You can Wrap Photoshop paths in ID.)

And I'm just getting started.

The most common excuse I've heard for not using InDesign for layouts? "I'm more comfortable using Illustrator." My answer, "That's pure laziness, which can cost you hours per day and your job."

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Oh, by the way, I also don't design logos or create illustrations in InDesign.

Should I even mention the menu layout I received done in Printer's Spreads in Photoshop? Each spread was over a GB.

Use the right tools!