Setup of page tiling

Having trouble getting page tiling to match my artboard.
Following the instructions for saving multiple pages into a pdf file I'm told to setup my artboard large enough to house all the pages (images in my case).
I'm trying to paginate 4 images at 8.5 x 11 each so I setup the artboard a bit larger. (18x23)
Then walking thru the print dialog I set the media to 8.5 x 11, and during `setup' I set `Crop work to art board' and `tile full pages'
When I click done and view page tiling, I get nine tiles far exceeding the size of my art board.
After working thru this several times, and reviewing the `tiling' help as well, I'm still getting 9 tiles whose combined size is way bigger than the artboard.
The directions I followed say the artboard will be divided equally by the number of objects, far as I can tell.
What do I need to do to end up with 4 tiles equally dividing my 18x23 artboard?

> Dan Olech - 6:08pm Oct 27, 08 PST (#2 of 2)
> Set up the artboard in the EXACT multiple of the page tiling. In your example document set up-artboard should be 17x23, for 4 vertical page tiles.
> As a tip you can let AI figure out the dimensions by putting 2*8.5 then 2*11.5 in the boxes. It seems simple but if you do A4 size tiles and want 6 page tiles it comes in handy.
Thanks for the multiply tip but making the artboard the exact size made no differece whatever. I'm still getting 9 tiles.. far exceeding my artboard where there should be 4 dividing it equally.
In the print dialog, for media size I am putting 8.5 x 11. Is that right?
What else am I missing here.

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