How to change size in illustrator

If you need to know how to change document size in Illustrator, you first need to check what version of Adobe Illustrator you’re using.

How to check document size in illustrator

How to check document size in illustrator

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Back in the days of Illustrator CS3 (and earlier), changing the document size was a pretty simple task, carried out in the same intuitive way common as in many other applications.

However, in Illustrator CS4, the concept of Multiple Artboards was introduced, meaning that just a single document settings dialogue box was no longer enough to cope.

How to Change Document Size in Illustrator CS3 and Earlier

To create a document in Illustrator CS3 (and earlier) you select File/New... This opens a dialogue box that enables you to enter the values for a single page size.

Illustrator CS3 and its previous incarnations also allowed document size to be changed simply by providing a dialogue box into which the user entered the new values, just like so many other layout programs.

These settings are accessible by selecting File/Document Setup...

A dialogue box will appear that enables you to either

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