Ok, I'm an Illustrator newbie, but I couldn't figure this out on my own. I've set up a canvas of 4x9, and some of the items on my canvas spill over a little beyond the 4x9 space... when I convert to a pdf, it's converting that stuff too. Is there a way to erase or remove anything that spills over the edge of the working space?
hi thebassman, in order to clip all your content in your canvas, you need to create a crop mark. to do this, create a 4x9 box and align it perfectly on your canvas (or covering area where you want your content to be included). then select the box, choose object>create crop marks. a crop mark will appear at each edges of the box and when you export it to pdf / jpg or whatever, it will follow your crop marks area. hope this helps!
well there is also another option to it.. group all your matter.. well make a box of 4x9.. place the box over the matter you wud like to appear.. press ctrl-y.. then press shift and selet the box as well as your grouped data.. then press ctrl-7.. itz done now you will only see wht u want this is called masking...