Art board bigger than screen

My dartboard disappears off the top and bottom of my screen so I can not grab to adjust. How can I reset? I have tried using multiple screens but it does not appear across more than one screen.

The Tab key toggles the Tool bar and Options bar on and off.
But you might have switched to another view mode. Tap the 'f' key which has three positions, to toggle through them. If you turn on the Rulers (Ctrl r) they stay visible in all three modes.
If you have Windows 7 or 8.1 you can make the workspace fit to the screen by using the Windows key along with the cursor keys, but I expect you knew that (if a Windows user). If you can see the Options bar at any time, you can use the Workspace droop down to Rest the workspace. That should fix all UI woes.
Finally, if all else fails, you can go back to defaults for most things by resetting the Preferences
Reset Preferences
Windows — Hold down Shift Ctrl Alt immediately after starting Photoshop
Mac — Hold down Shift Cmd Opt immediately after starting Photoshop
BTW Artboard is an Illustrator term, and sort of like the Photoshop Canvas, (but not really).

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I need to write a Java script to make my Art board bigger by 1 (one) inch on the Width and Length, Regardless of the Content?

Hi,
I am currently using "Visible bounds" (java script)to add 1 inch to the width and to the Length of my Art board, but when i make a clipping mask it actually reads the hidden content from the Clipping mask and makes conforms my art board to that particular shape. Am using Adobe illustrator cs6 Here is My Code:
var myDocs = app.documents;
var i = 0;
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All i Want is to add 1 inch to my width and length and this does it but if i have a clipping mask it will pick up the bounding box i guess? and it will conform it to the shape... any help please... Try my code and you will see that it does add 1 inch but now make you artboard lest say 12" x 12" and make a shape bigger than the art board and you will see how it adds 1 inch to the art board based on that shape... now if you make a clipping mask to fit that shape in the 12" x 12" art board you will still get 1 inch bigger than the shape thats being clipped ...

yes, visible bounds is reading the non-visible masked objects too.
you're going to have to do it the hard way, loop through all your objects to get your bounds manually, and while you're at it, test for clipping masks and use the masking path instead.

Make JFrame bigger than screen size

I have a JFrame which has several components. I need to print all the contents of this JFrame, but to do that I need to be able to make the JFrame bigger than the screen's resolution.
When I change the size of my JFrame to anything bigger than the screens resolution it will just resize to the maximum resolution of my screen
I tried with jFrame.getToolkit().setDynamicLayout(false); but it didn't seem have any effect
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Some help would be appreciated!
private void printFIButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
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Okay I just tried what you said and it doesn't work unfortunately. It will print the whole JScrollPane (e.g. the the scroll bars), but whatever components are on the JScrollPane outside of the screen will not be printed.
This is the code I used to test it:
package javaapplication3;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.*;
* @author Mick
public class Main {
 * @param args the command line arguments
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 // TODO code application logic here
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 JPanel panel= new JPanel();
 JLabel label= new JLabel("test");
 JLabel label2= new JLabel("test2");
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 panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 1500));
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 frame.pack();
 frame.setVisible(true);
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import javax.swing.*;
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JFrame bigger than screen Size (Width)

I there a way to make the jframe bigger than the screen dimensions (800 by 800) to say 1200 by 800.
I used netbeans to create a JFrame. I was using a laptop of screen size 1200 by 800 and I positioned my components according to those dimensions using grouplayout. Now when I run it on my desktop on lesser screen size the JFrame is truncated and I can see n operate on only 3/4 of the width. I have some buttons at the bottom right corner of the screen which I cannot totally see.
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How do I get the screen to refresh properly when drawing a line larger than the art board when the screen scrolls? Everything turns white in CS6, CS5 and CS4.

Existing art - not the new art. The new art just gets a proxy shape - seen in my example as the blue rectangle. The existing art is what gets smeared as you drag past the edge of the screen. If it's anything other than an Ilustrator thing, it's a Mac thing. I've never known it to be any other way other than maybe in the past showing blank white instead of stuttered art on probably 10 different macs over the years.
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1.) I work with large format graphics and CS3 AI's limitation of around 120" x 120" makes my work difficult. Other graphic applications that are much less mature than AI have almost infinite art boards to work with. I would also be nice to be able to work in scales, too. It is laborious to have to constantly be working at half-, quarter-, or eighth-scale. I wear out a calculator and the possibility for errors shoots through the roof. Lastly, some things just don't scale well. In short, AI is biased toward those whose output is magazine sized. Since it is essentially the only graphics application left standing it should realize that many of its customers need to work is something larger than ledger. At the very least they should have the same limitation for both ID and AI. At present an 120" AI file cannot be placed in ID which has a limit of around 111". Some "suite."
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MGuilfoile

I absolutely agree.
I don't ever recall using a program that created arcs and circles like AI. A circle appears simply to be 4 arcs of 90 degrees. You cannot change the start and end angles, either by dragging the points or by dialog input. I'm not an illustrator by training - I'm a technical writer but I've been doing line illustrations, exploded views, etc. for almost 20 years using various vector-graphics programs. Every program I've used allows you to alter an arc, elipse or both, NOT just size and move!!
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This is the way the document appears in Illustrator, notice the zero zero point.
When the document is distilled, the art board shrinks:

LTU,
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I believethe following ways still work:
A) Install and run the script in the OP of this thread,http://forums.adobe.com/thread/890507?tstart=30
or
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1) Find and open the AIPrefs (Win speak) or Adobe Illustrator Prefs (Mac speak) file withe a text editor like Notepad or TextEdit; the preference file is a (hidden) file in the (hidden) folder Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings
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/isRulerIn4thQuad 1 >>> /isRulerIn4thQuad 0 (change 1 to 0)
This is a global change so you only have to do it once (just as you can undo it once).
You may find the folder as described in <a href="http://www.bugge.com/Family-and-friends/Illy/illy.html">Move the folder</a>.
Also, it doesn't explain the discrepancy between Distiller and saving as a PDF within CC.
I have no clue about that one, I am afraid. I hope someone else has.
Someone?

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