1. Create & Save Files

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In This Chapter

Launching Illustrator

Creating a new document

Using templates

Adding artboards to a document

Deleting artboards

Modifying artboards

Aligning and rearranging artboards

Choosing artboard options

Saving a document in the Adobe Illustrator (.ai) format

Ending a work session

In this chapter, we’ll show you how to get up and running in Adobe Illustrator. After learning how to launch the program, you’ll learn how to create a new document; preview, open, and create document templates; create and modify multiple artboards; save and close your document; and quit/exit Illustrator.

Launching Illustrator

Note: To create ...

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