Hi Jeff, thanks for the feed back, I appreciate all your comments. - point 1 - let me explain how it was intended to work to avoid confusion. The interface has nothing to do with the physical placement of the artboards and the buttons on the left with the labels "AB 1" etc.. are irrelevant, they're just a visual to know what button on the right you're clicking. In the screen shot I provided, I have 4 artboards and the indexes go 4, 3, 2, 1 from left to right. I had already reversed the order that originally was 1, 2, 3, 4 from left to right. So this is the mechanics to switch AB 4 with AB 3 in my screen shot to have the order 3, 4, 2, 1 from left to right. Looking at the indexes, - is AB 1 in the right order? yes, click on the button next to it - is AB 2 in the right order? yes, click on the button next to it - is AB 3 in the right order? NO, I want AB 4 to become 3rd, click on the button next to AB 4 and so on, confusing? - to avoid the AB numbers to change as you click (just visually), comment out line 42      //app.redraw();      yeah, if the user changes its mind half way thru, not making the actual changes would help. I thought of that, but I figured since it is easy to reArrange...well...just do it again as punishment - point 2 - even if I said one's required to click all the buttons, I kind of lied , you can still close the window by clicking on the X at top. I realize that after I made a test with a ridiculous amount of artboards and the buttons couldn't fit on the dialog. If the user messes up, no problem, undo is our friend. It could be incorporated into the dialog. - point 3 - text boxes is a very interesting suggestion...version 2 perhaps? hope it helps to clarify the Usage of the script, also clicking on the buttons on the left brings up "help". Thanks again for the feedback. ... View more

for those still using "old software" I wrote a script based on Jeff's "poor man's trick" to reorder CS4 artboards. For best results, click on the Artboard tool before running, happy reordering. #target illustrator // var script.name = reArrangeArtboardsCS4only.jsx; // var script.description = reArranges the Artboards indexes; // var script.required = an open document with at least 2 artboards, CS4 only, not tested in CS5; // var script.tip = click on the Artboard tool, before running, to see the AB Indexes // var script.parent = CarlosCanto; // 3/31/11 // var script.elegant = false; var idoc = app.activeDocument; var abs = idoc.artboards; var abcount = abs.length; // save the artboard count j=1; // new AB order number, used for buttons labels var btn = []; // left buttons to show AB count var btn2 = []; // right buttons to set the new order var win = new Window("dialog","ReArrange Artboards "); var panelOgOrder = win.add("panel"); var panelNewOrder = win.add("panel"); win.orientation = "row"; // default is column, change to row win.onClose = onCloseFunction; for (i = 1 ; i<=abcount; i++) // add as many buttons as ABs      {           btn = panelOgOrder.add("button",undefined,"AB " + i, {name: i}); // named to know wich button was pressed           btn2 = panelNewOrder.add("button",undefined, "Set Order", {name: i-1}); // -1, to use on 0 based Artboards           btn.helpTip = "click for help";           btn2.onClick = onClickButton; // add event listener           btn.onClick = onClickButton1test;      } win.show(); function onClickButton() // add AB and set button label from 1 to AB count     {                      this.text = j; // change button label from "Set Order" to 1,2, to AB count           this.enabled = false; // disable to prevent clicking twice           idoc.artboards.add(abs[this.properties.name].artboardRect); // duplicate AB, which one? 3rd button pressed, 3rd AB           app.redraw();           j = j+1; // add to the counter                      if (j>abcount) // after duplicating the AB, delete the originals           {                win.close();                                for (k=abcount-1; k>=0; k--)  // loop thru original ABs                     {                          idoc.artboards.remove(k); // and delete                          //app.redraw();                     }           }     } function onClickButton1test()      {           //alert(this.properties.name);           var msg = "Click the buttons on the right in the order \r";           msg = msg + "you want the Artboards to be Re-Arranged. \r";           msg = msg + "You are required to click all the buttons";           alert(msg);      } function onCloseFunction()      {           if (j>1 && j<=abcount)           {                          var msg2 = "You shouldn't close the window. \r";                msg2 = msg2 + "You should finish clicking all the buttons, \r";                msg2 = msg2 + "other wise you'll end up with extra Artboards. \r";                msg2 = msg2 + "If you must close, undo to get rid of extra Artboards. \r \r";                msg2 = msg2 + "Are you sure you want to close this window?";                                close = confirm(msg2);                if (close == false)                     return false;           }      } ... View more