Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Illustrator Question

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Illustrator Question

sharon

2004-01-20, 3:28 pm

Hello-
I couldn't find an Illustrator group, but if anyone can help me with
this it would be greatly appreciated.

I am working on a MacG4. When in Illustrator, the Page Set-Up always
defaults to page size: Letter Small. This means that every time I open
a document I have to change the page size. When I open the application
without a new document, the Page Set-Up, under the File menu, is
grayed out. Does any body know how this can be changed?

Thank you!

Tacit

2004-01-20, 5:29 pm

>I am working on a MacG4. When in Illustrator, the Page Set-Up always

quote:

>defaults to page size: Letter Small. This means that every time I open
>a document I have to change the page size.

To set the default page size (in any program), go into Page Setup, set the page
size, then hold down the OPTION key on the keyboard and click OK.
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Stuart

2004-01-21, 9:28 am

sharon wrote:

quote:

> Hello-
> I couldn't find an Illustrator group, but if anyone can help me with
> this it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I am working on a MacG4. When in Illustrator, the Page Set-Up always
> defaults to page size: Letter Small. This means that every time I open
> a document I have to change the page size. When I open the application
> without a new document, the Page Set-Up, under the File menu, is
> grayed out. Does any body know how this can be changed?
>
> Thank you!

The illustrator group I use is alt.graphics.illustrator, there is
another one though. When you create a new document it gives you the page
size options, once it has been set it should default to the same
settings until changed. I have not needed to do what Tacit has suggested
so I don't know whether that works in Illustrator.

There are two default files for CMYK and RGB, somewhere on the MAC
called 'Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK.ai' and 'Adobe Illustrator
Startup_RGB.ai' you can open the relevant one and adjust the settings
then just save and close. What would be better is to save the relevant
one under a different name and then create a shortcut to open it when
starting illustrator.

You can only access the document setup once a file has been opened or
created.

When you open an existing document, the page size should stay the same
but the print size may change depending on the printer.

Stuart

edjh

2004-01-22, 4:28 pm

Tacit wrote:

quote:

>
>
> To set the default page size (in any program), go into Page Setup, set the page
> size, then hold down the OPTION key on the keyboard and click OK.

This is a great tip! It never even occurred to me that there was a way
to change it. I've been gnashing my teeth every time I saw Letter(Small)
for years. I sent it around my office and everyone was very grateful.
Thanks!

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