How to create a multipage PDF from Illustrator 10

[eliffiorodriguez]

Hi, is it possible to create a multipage PDF from Illustrator 10??

Thx4dahlp!!

[Joel Stransky]

Here's a FAQ someone wrote for a forum I frequent over at Tek-Tips.com

<http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?spid=226&sfid=2928>

[Rob Hecker.]

Eliffio,

The simple answer is no, although there are work-arounds and plug-ins that will allow you to create multipage documents from Illustrator.

Illustrator is not a page layout program, like PageMaker and InDesign. You can save Illustrator pages to PDF format and assemble them in Acrobat.

Rob

[Fernando Bergamaschi]

Yes. It is possible. Use page tile to assemble the pages and PRINT to distiller.

[Elizabeth Fenton]

This is a lot of crap to go through just to get multible pages. Just create your art work in AI and use a page layout program. I have seen a lot of tiled files working in a print shop, it does not work most of the time. you get too many blank pages and errors.

Tiling artwork and adjusting page boundaries

The artboard’s dimensions do not necessarily match the paper sizes used by printers. As a result, when you print a file, the program divides the artboard into one or more rectangles that correspond to the page size available on your printer. Dividing the artboard to fit a printer’s available page size is called tiling. Tiling is also used when you set up your file to view and print multiple pages.
You can also adjust the placement of the printable area of the page to control how artwork is printed

Working with tiled artwork

As you work with tiled artwork, be sure to consider how the artwork relates to the boundaries of the page grid and to the total dimensions of the artboard. For example, if the artwork is tiled onto six pages, part of the artwork will print on a separate sheet of paper that corresponds to page 6. If you specify printing only from pages 1 to 5, the part of the artwork that is on page 6 won’t print.
If you have set up the file to view and print multiple pages, the file is tiled onto pages numbered from left to right and from top to bottom, starting with page 1. (The first page is always page 1; there is no way to change the page 1 designation in Adobe Illustrator.) These page numbers appear on-screen for your reference only; they do not print. The numbers enable you to print all of the pages in the file or specify particular pages to print.
The page or set of pages is aligned with the upper left corner of the artboard by default. However, you can reposition pages on the artboard by using the page tool. (See Moving the page boundaries.)

To see whether the tiling format is visible on-screen:
Choose View > Show Page Tiling or View > Hide Page Tiling.
To change the page tiling options:
Choose File > Document Setup. Then choose Artboard from the pop-up menu at the top left of the Document Setup dialog box.
Choose from the following options:
· Single Full Page (the default) to view and print one page.
· Tile Full Pages to view and print multiple pages containing separate pieces of artwork. For example, you can use this option to print a two-page brochure.
To view and print multiple pages, the artboard size set in the Document Setup dialog box must be large enough to fit more than one full page at a time.
Note: With the Tile Full Pages option, any artwork that extends past the imageable area of a given page is not printed.
· Tile Imageable Areas to view and print a single piece of artwork that is too large to fit on one page. For example, you could use this option to print artwork for a large poster onto several sheets of standard-size paper for proofing.
When you print a file by using this option, the artwork is divided among the imageable areas of the pages.
Click OK.

[Boris Senker]

Two ways:

MultiPage plugin

or page by page and add them together in Acrobat.

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