Is it possible to renumber the artboards manually? I want to make an small animation and need a particular sequence.

I don't think so, unfortunately. You have four artboards - 1, 2, 3, 4 - and you want to swap 2 and 3. You should be able to just change the artboard numbers, but can't. You have to manually move either the artboards or the content of the artboards. There is a button which locks an artboard's contents to that artboard, so that when you move the artboard all the stuff on it moves along with it.

Naming and numbering art boards is a no brainer, but art boards are new. Maybe next time or better yet anupdate to test it!

Hmm too bad! Thanks anyway.

I thinkthis is something they did not have time to institue probably!

How would youenvision this feature working?

What would be best for you, let's compare notes.

I think the artboards should not have fixed numbers, but should be numbered according to their position on the canvas.

Workaround for renumbering artboards:

Keep your artboards arranged in a single row.

When you need to renumber them:

1. Unlock all layers. (Option-drag in step 2 only copies unlocked objects.)

2. Activate the Artboard Tool, then option-drag the artboards, one at a time, from the original row to a new row in the newly desired order. That is, first option-drag the artboard you want to be the new number 1, then the new number 2, etc.

3. After you've created a second row in the desired order, delete the entire original row.

I think the artboards should not have fixed numbers, but should be numbered according to their position on the canvas.

I don't agree. What about Hebrew, Arabic, or other languages that read right to left? Also, I don't always think of multiple artboards as multiple pages. Sometimes I want them numbered top to bottom. What I really want is a way to customize the order. Like you can set a tab order for fields in an electronic form.

Mordy

I don't agree either because they are not pages they are artboarts and as such have more use then do pages.

I would like to be able to perhaps set a name and have a renumber command but if one needs artboard two to be next to artboard ten and it renumber it you would not be able to keep track of your atboards because the would have changed position and number.

Also if you were able to name your artboards which I think is more useful and you had a flower Artboard that had a number 2 assigned to it and then you duplicated that art board and art and it was now Flower artboard number 6 then you do not have to worry about them getting mixed up if you had to arrange it so Flower 6 was in the position where Flower 2 was and that now Flower 2 has become Flower 3 which did not exist before.

It would be helpful true for some if you could arrange your artboards in a sequence that you want and then select a command to renumber the artboards.

That could be a part of the artboard naming feature if they create such a feature.

But changing the number when you move an artboard is out of the question.

What you want is to work in a program called InDesign.

However I would go along withe a feature that would give the user the option if it did not interfere with the development of a naming and renumbering feature.

I think I missed the turkey?

I think it is just a simple case of making an extra option in the Artboard options panel. You can adjust the precize size there already and the number of the artboard is previewed in the bottom. Just make it a field where you can adjust it. When I adjust it to #1 it has to swap with #1 OR maybe all the other artboards get one place higher.

There's a whole raft of things that need to be done to make the multiple artboard concept robust. For example, currently, when you create new document you get a chance to specify the number of artboards and their arrangement. But there's no way to get back to this dialog to add artboards or alter the arrangement.