Multiple Artboards CS4 versus Crop Area CS3

If i'm getting this right,
1. CS 4 doesn't haven the Crop Area tool anymore.
2. Artboards are limited to 100 artboards per document depent there size.
Question;
Is it possibel to create an artboard from an element/object as you could with Crop Area?
     Because in this way you could save "unlimited" artboard "templates" in your document for reuse.
Daniel Hoogendoorn
Cito-plan

-Multiple artboards are a step forward.-
Hmm I'm missing here something... Why is the crop Area tool gone? maybe because multiple artboards is the one to compentsate for it?
And well it didn't , there are several discussions about that going on. Croparea's will be converted to artboards in CS4
>>You can't create an artboard from an object. That is indeed one limitation I'd like to see lifted. You can create one artboard and just toggle different layers if needed. I guess I don't really understand the problem<<
The problem is i've got a citymap, dimensions lets say 1000 mm x 1000 mm and I want to make an atlas from it.
In other words I want to take several 150 mm x 210 mm fragments of the original map and put them on seperate pages.
In Freehand I could make reference rectangles and give them a lensfill and export object only as an eps, pdf etc.
In CS3 I could make Crop Areas from the reference rectangles and export as pdf etc.
In CS4 crop areas is gone and will be converted to Artboards (i read in the forum).
I need the reference rectangles because everytime I export the litlle fragment it must be the same and on the exact same place.
The only way to do this in CS4 is to manualy move the page and bring it in line with the rectangle......
Anyone some other idea's? it's crucial for my workflow and I'm looking if Illustrator is capable to do this so we can switch...

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    I'm still gobsmacked by the multiple artboard stuff... but I see my favorite CS3 feature, multiple crop areas is gone (or at least appears to be gone).
    I came to depend rather heavily on multiple crop areas -- so I'm anxious that some facet of them cannot be replicated by the multiple artboards.
    The interface to manage multiple artboards is very very similar... certainly enhanced in some ways too.
    What confuses me about them is a statement I saw somewhere that each artboard has it's own layers, symbols, swatches. If so, then this would be a loss for me, as I depended on having one meta-infrastructure for all print crop areas.
    Another aspect I have not seen explained very much is whether artboards can overlap. If each artboard has its own layers, and you can have overlapping artboards, I don't really see how artwork that overlaps both boards is handled.
    So maybe the statement I saw about not sharing document meta-infrastructure across artboards is false?
    I'm definitely handicapped by not having the app installed yet.
    envelope

    Save for web and device never gave the option to save as psd?
    But is you are using save for the web ten under image size there is the option to clip to artboard which will give you your 1920 x 1080.
    However if you want to export it as a Photoshop and do not want the art outside of the art board to be exported then you can check the option at the bottom left of the bottom left og the export to photoshop dialog to use artboards.
    I will point out that if you use this option you will notice it gives you the option to export all the artboards meaning if you place all of your previous files in one ai document you will only have to do one export for all the files you don't even need an action though an action to place the files in a document might save you yet more time.
    So they made an improvement that works much better but it requires that you look a bit more carefully to find the feature even though it is right there in front of everyone. So always look for something that is f=different from before that is usually the answer.
    I hope this is what you are looking for.
    There maybe times when you want the art outside of the document to be included so now you have a clear choice.

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    Preface: I am using Adobe Illustrator CS4 Design Premium, Windows version.
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    Cito-plan b.v.

    Daniel,
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                                            ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject( 'lib:AdobeXMPScript' );
                                            return true;
                        } catch(e) { return false; };
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              if ( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) {
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                                  ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript.unload();
                                  ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = undefined;
                                  return true;
                        } catch(e) { return false; };

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