Invisible Canvas on custom size document

[Mapsguy1955]

For some reason on a 100X54 document, there is no way to actually see the boundaries of my document so it doesn't work. Even attempting to edit text doesn't tell me what is selected. I also have to make sure my insertion point is correct in order to edit. This is basic stuff. Perhaps what is OFF of the canvas should be a different color?  It makes the application junk IMHO. 

Banner 54X100.afdesign

[Old Bruce]

this is what it looked like. You open up artboard 1 but all the stuff is way over to the left.

Try this.

Banner x by y.afdesign

[Mapsguy1955]

I'm used to using Canvas App but it crashes way too often... I could reduce the size of what I see with a document like this so that I can work on the entire document at one time. I moved the artboard because I couldn't delete it. I don't know what it is for. I assumed it was for elements that I wanted to hold and eventually move into my doc. When you click delete (artboard) it hides EVERYTHING, or at least I think it does. I have no idea how big that is that you are showing here. It doesn't look like 54X100. It looks way too wide. Isn't there a way to make your document fit within the screen? I didn't see any menu item that suggested that except "zoom to fit" which takes me to the artboard which I don't want and can't delete. Sighs...

 

[Mapsguy1955]

Thank you OB... What did you give me there for future reference? I see it is on "Artboard 2" but I still see #1 over on the right. Won't that change the document? Do I have to use an artboard for all graphics or can you work directly from the initial document? Does the artboard have to be the dimensions of the document? 

[Old Bruce]

I am not sure how you created this document but I think you'll have to start over. 

You do not need an artboard for the document, some people like them. The document can have several Artboards and that is why some people like them.

Your original document is named Banner 54 x 100, is that the dimensions? If yes then what are the units, inches, pixels, mm ? Make a new document with those dimension and start placing your items or creating your items in the new document.

I am just guessing that you have copied and pasted from some other document and probably in a different application.

[Mapsguy1955]

Just the logo was copied and pasted, which was an AI document. Will it not import elements effectively, from your experience?  The rest is text. The dimensions are inches; it is for a vinyl banner. What is the point of the artboard if every graphic element can be standalone anyway?

 

Thank you for your help!!

[walt.farrell]

35 minutes ago, Mapsguy1955 said:

The dimensions are inches; it is for a vinyl banner.

Your Artboard (Artboard1) is 2.57 x 2.057 inches. Pretty small for a vinyl banner. And you're expecting to paste your 94 x 55 inch AI document into it?

I think something went wrong when you created the Artboard. If you look at Old Bruce's screenshot you see the relative size of the AI data compared to the Artboard.

[Mapsguy1955]

Thank you Walt. I still don't understand the purpose of the artboard, but I did it directly on the document. Opening the artboard was a mistake that I couldn't fix. I couldn't get rid of it.