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Anonymous
August 5, 2013
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Newbie--can't remove the rectangle in the middle of my image.

  • August 5, 2013
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Yes, I'm new to Illustrator. Every time I open up a previously made image, usually a jpg of an illustration I did by hand, there is an outline of a rectangle right in the middle of my image. I have no doubt I put it there while doing something else. But, now it shows up in all the images I open in Illustrator. Does anyone know what I might have done to create this, and better yet, how I can get rid of it? I'm using Illustrator CS4.

Thanks.

Ron

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    Correct answer SJRiegel

    You can't get rid of it; it's the boundries of the "virtual paper" you are working on. You can make it larger with the artboard tool, or you can shrink your artwork down to fit it.

    If place is greyed out, chances are that you have a locked layer selected.

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    Stribling10
    Stribling10
    Participant
    September 20, 2022

    I hid the artboard and it appears white behind my banner.  When I export the banner into versaworks to print will it interfer or is there something I should do at this point...how can I group my images on the banner so they will not move.  

     

    John Mensinger
    Community Expert
    John MensingerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2022

    Your question about it potentially interfering would be impossible to answer without more information. The artboard should be the equivalemnt of the paper on which your banner will be printed. Why did you hide it?

    Stribling10
    Stribling10
    Participant
    September 20, 2022

    Is there a way to replace it in the size of my banner without losing my information?

     

    Regunathan PL
    Regunathan PL
    Participating Frequently
    July 1, 2019

    Its Print tiling

    View > Hide Print Tiling can make it Invisible

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      SJRiegel
      Legend
      August 5, 2013

      I can't be sure without a screenshot, but it sounds like your image is larger than the artboard, and that's the outline of the artboard you are seeing.

      BTY, a jpg should be put into an illustrator file with File>Place, not directly opened. That could be what's creating your problem.

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        Anonymous
        August 5, 2013

        Thanks to both Kurt and SRiegel. And yes, I believe it is the artboard I'm seeing within a lager image. But, I cannot get rid of it, and it's in every image I open. When I tried to Place an image in Illustrator, Place was greyed out.

        Ron

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        Anonymous
        August 5, 2013

        Hiding the artboard is only useful within Illustrator itself. Any export, print, or plain save and then imported in InDesign (for example) will use the artboard dimensions -- visible or not.

        It's better to, now you know what it's called, look it up in the on-line help and see how you can either make your artwork smaller (so it fits inside the current artboard) or make the artboard itself larger.


        Thank you one and all. I finally got it, and solved my problem, which really wasn't a problem. It was just my lack of understanding.

        Kurt Gold
        Community Expert
        Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 5, 2013

        Are you perhaps just talking about the artboard boundaries?

        If that does not apply, can you show a screenshot?

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