Adobe 26001648 - Illustrator CS3 User Manual page 16

You can change the document setup at any
time by choosing File > document setup.
1 F reehand to Illustrator Migration guide
S E T T I N G U P A N E W D O C U M E N T
To change the color mode, choose File > Document Color Mode (you can't
change the color mode in the Document Setup dialog box).
Where's the Document panel?
In FreeHand, you use the Document panel to target and select pages and to
choose page dimensions, orientation, bleed settings, and printer resolution.
In Illustrator, choose File > Document Setup to change the attributes of the
artboard. You use the Document Setup dialog box to choose settings for type
and transparency at the document level. You can also define the dictionary used
for spell-checking and hyphenation, the position of superscripts, the scale for
small caps, or how to copy transparency effects over to the clipboard for use
within Illustrator or in other
In FreeHand, you determine the Bleed Area in the Document panel; in
Illustrator, the Bleed area is assigned in the Print dialog box.
The Illustrator document
The artboard represents the entire
area that can contain printable art-
work. The artboard's dimensions
may not match the current page
size. For example, your artboard may
be 10x20 inches, while your print
settings specify 8-1/2x11-inch paper.
You can view the page boundaries
in relation to the artboard by show-
Crop Area (if it has been set)
Printable area
Nonprintable area (printer margins)
Edge of the printed page
Artboard
Scratch area
applications.
ing page tiling (View > Show Page
Tiling). When page tiling is on, the
printable and nonprintable areas are
represented by a series of solid and
dotted lines. You can move the print-
able area across the artboard by us-
ing the Page tool.
The scratch area is the area outside
of the artboard that extends to the
edge of the 227-square inch win-
dow. The scratch area represents a
space on which you can create, edit,
and store elements of artwork be-
fore moving them onto the artboard.
Objects placed onto the scratch area
are visible onscreen, but they do not
print.