Set Artboard rulers as default in Illustrator

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January 7, 2020
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Does anyone know if it's possible to set Artboard Rulers as the default for new documents, rather than Global Rulers?

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Yes, change the rulers to Artboard Rulers and save the document in the New Document Profiles folder and use that preset for new documents.

Rishabh_Tiwari

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Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. I found a helpful article on rulers, and as per the article, Artboard rulers appear by default, so the Change to Global Rulers option appears in the Rulers sub-menu. To toggle between artboard rulers and global rulers, choose View > Rulers > Change to Global Rulers. For more information, you can refer to this help article:

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/rulers-grids-guides-crop-marks.html

Regards

Rishabh

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Rishabh, where does it say:

as per the article, Artboard rulers appear by default,

The default in all presets is Global and you need to create your own to change it to Artboard Rulers

JK_ArgoAuthor

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Hi Ton,

The article does state that Artboard rulers appear by default, in the first bullet point, directly after the first screenshot. However, as you have stated the default is Global, so I think the article must be incorrect.

Thanks for your earlier reply. I'll use your suggested approach. It feels like a bit of a work-around, but it'll do what I need anyway.

Many thanks.

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

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Yes, change the rulers to Artboard Rulers and save the document in the New Document Profiles folder and use that preset for new documents.

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