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April 18, 2019
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Illustrator Artboards converted to Guides

  • April 18, 2019
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I am working with multiple artboards and whenever I close a re-opened the file the artboards disappeared and the artboard bound changed to guides. Can you help me how to avoid this happening?

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    Correct answer Doug A Roberts

    Right. Yes the Original file might have been in CS3 or CS4. I can't say for sure but it's an old template that I've been using for years now. So will re-saving the template helps?


    Yes, perform a Save As and choose Illustrator CC compatibility from the drop-down list.

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    Doug A Roberts
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    April 18, 2019

    Can you show a screenshot?

    Participating Frequently
    April 18, 2019

    I am just showing one of the artboards here. I have created multiple artboards like this. The rectangle guide is supposed to be the Artboard bound. When I close and open my document after creating the artboards, only the first (artboard1) remained and all other artboards disappeared leaving a guide line like in the screenshot.

    Doug A Roberts
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    April 18, 2019

    What file format do you save as?