Illustrator Help - Saving Only the Vector without the Additional Graphics

[Phillip24591310ew8e]

Two Questions: 

If I want to remove the white background when working on the vector, how is this done. If I just want tow work on the vector with only the grey background, is this possible. 

2nd Question: How do I save only the vector portion without all the additional graphics outside the actual vector. Also, is there a way to only see the graphics on the vector when working on the vector instead of having to see all the graphics outside it when working. 

Thank You

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

What you call the white background is probably the artboard, which has no color but is displayed as white.

If so, select View > Show Transparency Grid will hide the artboard color.

If you want to hide temporarily the dots, select one of them.

Choose: Select > Same > Fill Color

Object > Group them if you want and choose Object > Hide Selection.

[Phillip24591310ew8e]

Hello, 

Thank you for the response. I know how to do the transparency grid. There isn't a way to simply remove the artboard where it's just the grey area. Trying to work with the transparency grid is not easy on the eye balls. I also know that I could delete the outer graphics, but when there hundreds, this would be very time consuming. There's no way that I only see the graphics on the actual vector I'm working on instead of everything outside the vector. Thanks

[Jacob Bugge]

Phillip,

One crude way is to select all the vector artwork and move it a sufficient distance outside the Artboard, work on it, and then move it back by the same distance, to have it place.