The icon you need to look out for (and turn off if necessary) is this one in the Control panel: Thanks for watching my course and asking questions to better serve humanity. I am running Illustrator CC (I assume 2018) so I am not sure if that is the issue.
Your video shows just the artboard is copied. When I do this I not only copy the artboard but I also copy everything else in that artboard including the shirt and shorts. I am trying to do the copy artboard by the ALT key and drag. In this video I am sure I may have missed a step or something. I am currently on the section “Aligning Artwork to Artboards”. I am a new member to Lynda and I am taking your course Introducting Illustrator. One small checkbox or icon and the whole thing behaves unexpectedly, then she gives up and goes off to pour a glass of wine.
We chose this question a) because Mark is dang polite, and b) this is exactly the kind of problem Colleen has when she tries to beta test my courses. This week we’re starting out with a question from our new friend Mark who was watching my Introducing Illustrator course at. Often, it seems like sharing with others who might be having the same issues would be a boon to our people-helping-people community. We get a lot of questions about Photoshop and Illustrator, and they range from simple (but irritating) gotchas in the program to big philosophical issues. When you export or save your file, if you didn’t delete the artboard that you don’t want even it’s empty, It’ll still show.Welcome to another of our new experimental features here at the new improved, a little thing I like to call Dear Deke. Last But Not The Leastĭeleting objects on artboards and deleting artboards are different things.
You can hide the artboards using the keyboard shortcut Command ( Crtl for Windows users) + Shift + H.
When you create a series of designs, you might want to preview them to see how they look together on a white background instead of separate artboards. Then you should be able to select the objects and delete them. Go to the overhead menu and select Object > Unlock All. Most likely they are, so you’ll have to unlock them.
Why can’t I delete objects on the artboard I just deleted?Ĭheck if your objects are locked. You must use the Artboard Tool or select the artboard on the Artboard Panel to delete it. If you click on the artboard itself and hit the Delete key, it will only delete the objects on the artboard, not the artboard itself. I assume you’re seeing the trash bin icon grayed out? That’s because if you only have one artboard, you won’t be able to delete it.Īnother possibility is that you didn’t select the artboard. Why can’t I delete Artboard in Illustrator? You might also want to check out the answers to these questions that other designers have. Same as above, the design will remain on the working space, just select and delete it and you’re all set. Step 2: Press the Delete key on your keyboard.