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April 1, 2016
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How to move multiple artboards in illustrator?

  • April 1, 2016
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It seems like a pretty common and obvious thing for a user to want to do, select and move multiple artboards, yet for the life of me i can't see a way to do it.

Am i missing something?

thanks!

Correct answer rcraighead

I don't think so. I agree, it's a no-brainer, but AI does not offer that feature.

You might want to read some workarounds here:

How can I easily move multiple artboards in Illustrator? - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

In essence, creating rectangles then "converting" them to artboards in "Artboard" mode may be the best option. You can then simply delete your original artboard(s).

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rcraighead
rcraigheadCorrect answer
Legend
April 1, 2016

I don't think so. I agree, it's a no-brainer, but AI does not offer that feature.

You might want to read some workarounds here:

How can I easily move multiple artboards in Illustrator? - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

In essence, creating rectangles then "converting" them to artboards in "Artboard" mode may be the best option. You can then simply delete your original artboard(s).

funny ha ha
Participant
October 25, 2017

In the most recent version of Illustrator you can select multiple artboards by drawing a marquee around them. First hit shift+O to bring up your artboard tool. Then hold shift to draw the marquee around the artboards that you want to move. Also if that doesn't work you can hold shift and click on them individually and then move them all at once. This is amazing!

rcraighead
Legend
April 13, 2018

Just noticed this comment. Nice to see we can finally move multiple artboards.