Within the tool settings menu you will see various input fields. If this menu is not visible on your screen then navigate to: With the Artboards Tool selected, you should see a tool settings menu towards the top of your screen: Use the input fields to specify whatever size you’d like your artboard to be Step 2: Input numerical values into the width and height fields Step 1: Grab the Artboards ToolĪs we did for the first method, access the Artboards Tool in your toolbar or by pressing Shift + O on your keyboard. This is useful if you need your artboard to be a specific size (1,280 x 720 pixels, for example). Resize The Artboard To A Specific SizeĪnother way that you can resize the artboard in Illustrator is by inputting a specific numerical value into the width and height fields. There’s no need to press Enter or click any of the menu interface buttons.
In fact, the changes are finalizing in real time.
Once you are finished resizing your artboard, all you have to do is deselect the Artboards Tool to finalize the changes. The handles on the top and bottom allow you to change the artboard’s height only.The handles on the left and right sides allow you to change the artboard’s width only.The handles in the corners allow you to scale both the width and height at the same time.The transformation handles around your artboard allow you to resize it in several ways: If you want to scale from the center then hold the Alt key as well (or Option if you’re a Mac user.) This will make it so that the width and height each scale in accordance with each other. To preserve the aspect ratio when scaling, holding the Shift key. Once you have selected the Artboards Tool, transformation handles - represented as little square nodes - should be visible at the corners of your artboard as well as the sides: These little handles allow you to scale your artboard as if it were an object.Ĭlicking and dragging on one of the corner handles will allow you to change the width and height of the artboard as if it were an object: Click and drag the transformation handles to scale your document
Step 2: Click and drag the transformation handles
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