pdf created in illustrator is having missing artwork

[Joz_007]

Maybe a rookie mistake

Worked in Illustrator and had artwork and ideas off the artboard

and mistakenly worked in a pdf file

when it was closed it was saved as a pdf file

how do Access the artwork that is not on the artboard ?

you brows and see the ideas (on the screenshot attached) but when openened in Illustrator it is not there?

maybe it is gone forever?

thank you

[Anna_Lander]

Do I understand you well that you don't see the out-of-artboard objects in Acrobat?
So what do you see when you open the file in Illustrator?

[Joz_007]

Hi, Yes i see the preview in illustrator (homepage of recent docs) the whole artwork - but once openening that pdf - i only see what is on the artboard itself.

[Monika Gause]

It's gone.

If you save without "Illustrator editing capabilities", then elements outside the artboard will be deleted. 

[Joz_007]

Thanks yes it seems that it is realy gone. rookie mistake and learned a lot about this now...  😞