Make artboard from (indesign) rectangle

[Madhuparna]

The new artboard characteristics in CS5 are super cool, additional than I have comprised a diminutive problem, thinking there might be some magic explanation to: When I copy paste rectangles from indesign, or open an EPS or PDF by means of rectangles made in indesign, I cannot "create artboard from selection". Even though the transform properties of the innovative object was not rotated. Reason I do not presently desire to draw new rectangles is, I have a lot of them, I cautiously snapping etc. Determine to take a lot additional time than immediately copy pasting in place and making art board from that. Several methods to "freeze" the object or something similar to that I need some help.

[michaels]

It is additional probable, even though, that you might necessitate to utilize the Release Compound Path and Release Clipping Mask functions to get a selectable contour that be able to serve as a criterion for the artboard from collection. They are not part of several type of complex or group. AI often has tribulations by means of non-native shapes in making crop areas and/or masks. You determine to almost certainly encompass to remake the rectangle in AI to get it to work.

[Santy]

I do not imagine so, regrettably. You have comprised four artboards - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - and you desire to swap 2 and 3. You be supposed to be capable to presently modify the artboard numbers, additional than cannot. You have to physically shift moreover the artboards or the content of the artboards. There is a button which locks an artboard's contents to that artboard, so that when you shift the artboard the entire the substance on it moves along by means of it.

[Orton]

I believe that the artboards be supposed to not have comprised to fixed numbers, additional than be supposed to be numbered according to their location on the canvas. Workaround for renumbering artboards, maintain your artboards prearranged in a single row. When you necessitate to renumber them: First you have to unlock the entire layers. (Option drag in step 2 merely copies unlocked objects.). After that you have to activate the Artboard Tool, then option-drag the artboards, one at a time, from the innovative row to a new row in the recently desired order. That is, first option-drag the artboard you desire to be the innovative number 1, then the new number 2, etc. 3. Subsequent to you have created a second row in the desired order, delete the entire innovative row.

[Bindusar]

I think the artboards be supposed to not encompass fixed numbers, additional than be supposed to be numbered according to their situation on the canvas. I do not have the same opinion. What regarding Hebrew, Arabic, or additional languages that read right to left. In addition, I do not always consider of multiple artboards as multiple pages. Sometimes I desire them numbered top to bottom. What I actually desire is a method to customize the order. Similar to you be able to set a tab order for fields in an electronic form.

[Abhibhava]

I do not have the same opinion moreover for the reason that they are not pages they are artboarts and as such have additional utilize then do pages. I would similar to be capable to perhaps set a name and have a renumber command additional than if one requirements artboard two to be next to artboard ten and it renumber it you would not be capable to maintain track of your atboards for the reason that they would have encompass to changed position and number.

[Sebastian.j]

In addition if you were capable to name your artboards which I imagine is additional helpful and you had a flower Artboard that had a number 2 assigned to it and then you replica that art board and art and it was at present Flower artboard number 6 then you do not encompass to worry regarding them getting mixed up if you had to organize it so Flower 6 was in the situation where Flower 2 was and that at present Flower 2 has become Flower 3 which did not exist previous to. It would be accommodating true for a number of if you might position your artboards in a sequence that you desire and then select a command to renumber the artboards. That might be a part of the artboard naming characteristic if they generate such a characteristic. Additional than changing the number when you shift an artboard is out of the query. What you desire is to run in a program called InDesign. On the other hand I would go along with a characteristic that would give the user the alternative if it did not interfere by means of the development of a naming and renumbering feature.