Save to Web including Artboard

Suddenly when I use the
Save to Web function in Illustrator it is including my artboard. It did not do this before and I am not sure if I've changed anything that would make it do this. I've copied my artwork from one document to a new one to make sure that there is no background and it's still not working.
Any suggestions???? Anyone?!?!?!

Suddenly you probably clicked the "clip to artboard" setting in Image size panel of your Save for Web dialog. That would be my sudden guess at any rate.

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Thx for your response, however it is still not working the way it has previously.
I have created a 2nd artboard to crop a specific image with bkgd bleed. In the past, I would select 'artboard 2' (the cropped image area) then go to 'SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES' which would then provide a preview and further options like PNG, JPEG, final image size, etc, before saving. For some reason it is ignoring my designated crops and saving everything visible. Although the "export" option works, it doesn't have the control options as the SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES.
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UPDATE:
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I Save For Web with Clip to Artboard checked.
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I save as png and check Export As CSS Layers and my 2 layers are 900x700. This ONLY seems to happen with the Export as CSS Layers checked.
Also, I use File->Export->PNG and check Use Artboards and my file is 800x600.
I use File->Export->JPEG and check Use Artboards and my file is 800x600.
I use File->Export->BMP but I can't check Use Artboards, it's greyed out and uncheckable. Huh? I need to export my image as a BMP at 800x600.
I don't understand what I'm missing here.

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You do speak the truth so in CS 4 and now Cs 5 you instead of drawing a rectangle and the making it into crop marks you simply draw an artboard then when you export you select to use artboards in the export dialog and select the artboard you just made and voilá.
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When in the Save for Web dialogue (it doesn't matter what format I'm saving to or if transparency is on), sometimes an artifact line of some sort appears on the right edge of the image as seen in the screenshot below (the image is just white & black and the gray is off the artboard). It's not just in the preview…it's in the saved file as well. It seems to occur when the edge of the artwork lies at a certain distance from the edge of the artboard and I'm changing the size of the exported image. The exact pattern of the artifact is not consistent, but it's always vertical along the right edge. Changing the image size and whether it's art or type optimized (or not at all) changes the artifacts.
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You see save for the web means exactly that and if you art is not whole pixels well you see the problem theree is going to be extra space and if that includes rasterizing then that might end up being more than one pixel extra.
Here the art is drawn with the Option turned on
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Depending on your use of the image in context, won't the transparent strip "disappear?"
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hello guys, I just got a issue when I use 'save as web' to save png or gif. when i chose the 'clip to artboard' the size for content will be changed. maybe smaller 1 px for both weight and high or only high. most ot the result will be cut off the buttom. I use 100 px circle with 2px stroke to test this (align the stroke with outside). I set the artboard fit to bounds of the art. so the artboard size should be 104 x 104 px. but when try to 'save as web'. the result will be changed.
I post the graphic below:
how can I avoid this issue?
thanks

alexcui,
And make sure the Artboard/Crop Area/Marks includes the outer bounds of the artwork.
Unles you use Stroke Inside or have the Edit>Preferences>General>Use Preview Bounds ticked, half the Stroke Weight on either side is outside and not included in the W and H values for the object which is determined by the spine of the path, so in those cases the Artboard/Crop Area/Marks must be one Stroke Weight larger.
The object, and the Artboard/Crop Area/Marks, should be placed so that the outer bounds fit within whole pixel values. This means that the centre may be at whole pixel values or half pixel values.
If you have an object that is 104 x 104 pixels as determined by the spine, and if the Stroke is 1point = 1 pixel and is centred over the spine, the outer bounds will be 105 x 105 pixels. In this case, the centre of the object, and of the Artboard/Crop Area/Marks, should be at half pixel values so the outer bounds will fit whole pixel values.
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Hello,
I've been dealing with a bug since Illustrator CC that is very frustrating when I try to output my slices through Save For Web. When trying to click on the slices I've defined in order to name them—the click—does not happen where my mouse pointer is. The click registers somewhere else in the artboard.
Click screen shot for animated gif:

As Zeno said, all down to the slice selection. Save for Web will recognize the last active slice for the main document and when that is the case, only that slice is active by default for saving. So either override in the dialog or un-select all slices before saving.
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I'm working with Illustrator CS3 and seem to have a problem with the crop area tool. When exporting an image in "save for web", however, Illustrator just ignores the settings and crops to the artboard.
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SETTING UP THE ELEMENTS
New document, rename Layer 1 to Cards.
Make a rectangle 3.5 X 2 inches (the size of a standard business card). Give it no stroke and a light gray fill (so you can see it as reference; you can clear the fill later).
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Select the crop symbol.
Go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
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Move Vertical: 0
Copies: 1.
Reference Point (tic-tac-toe thing): right column
Reflect X: On
OK. The crop marks appear on the upper right corner of the card.
Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
(Warning box: Apply New Effect)
Move Horizontal: 0
Move Vertical: -2
Copies: 1
Reference Point: lower row
Reflect Y: On
OK. Crop marks appear on all four corners of the card.
At this point you can give the card rectangle a fill and stroke of None, and save the card/crop marks combination as a symbol. Call it BC.
Delete all the unused Symbols and Save Symbol Library: "BC"
Target the Card layer (click on the circle)
Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
Move Horizontal: 4 inches
Move Vertical: 0
Copies: 1
Reference Point: any
Reflect: Both Off
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Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
Move Horizontal: 0
Move Vertical: -2.5 inches
Copies: 3
Reference Point: any
Reflect: Both Off
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Click the BC 8-Up Graphic Style. Eight blank business cards are laid out.
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Target the layer and click the BC 8-Up Graphic Style. The artwork appears in place on all the cards. Any editing you do in the top left card is instantly reflected in the others. Also, because the style is applied to the layer, anything you put on this layer will have the style applied to it.
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