bb’s babblings

Adobe Illustrator’s a bit tricky. Here are some things I learned:

Ctrl-U is not underline! It’s something else called smart guides. Ctrl-U again to turn it off.

To make text changes, the droplet tool save a whole lot of time.

To make multiple pages:

1.
File->Document Setup(->Artboard): Width to 8.5 in x number of pages (so 25.5 in for 3 pages). (to see inches, change Units–below Size)

2.
File->Print->General->Media: choose page size and orientation for single pages (ie. Letter 8.5 x 11)

(Still in Print)->Setup: Crop Artwork to=Artboard, Tiling=Tile Full Pages

Click Done.

3. View->Show Page Tiling (Bottom 5th set down)

4. In CS2 the save as feature works fine:
File->Save as a copy->(save as pdf)->Check “Create Multi-page PDF from Page Tiles” (I make mine compatible with Acrobat 4, and my only other check is “Optimize for Fast Web View”

Annoyances:
Word’s print as pdf destroys images, especially gifs. Wish Acrobat had a simple insert image tool, but on the bright side I got a very nice Illustrator lesson.

Huge thanks to Seneca Design for the article that saved me tonight: Multi-page PDF’s from Illustrator