Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tip - The Mystery of the Missing Artboard

 
 

The other day I got a logo from a new client and opened it in Illustrator to check it out. Something immediately bothered me about the file, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it hit me! "There's no Artboard," I said to myself. It was just 227.5 square inches of Scratch Area with a tiny logo in the middle. No page! "Could the Document take up the entire Scratch Area? Yes, but not likely," I answered my own question. I put my theory to the test, by going to View>Fit Window. With this, the View zoomed in and the logo almost filled the entire document window. "Hmm! There is a Artboard. I just can't see it," I reasoned. Then it occurred to me, "A lot of what you can and can't see in a document is controlled under the View menu." With a quick look, I had my answer. I selected Show Artboard under the View menu and the Artboard reappeared. Mystery solved!