Change reference point of artboard Illustrator CS5?

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#1

Hi,

Is there a way via scripting to change the reference point (top-left) of an artboard in Illustrator CS5? Furthermore, would it be possible to change the x and y values to 0 as well?

#2

Whew! Actually, resolved reference point issue - but now this… is there a way to change an artboard position without changing size? I am trying:


tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
   tell document 1
       set artboard rectangle of artboard 1 to {0, 0, 0, 0}
   end tell
end tell

But I have ~5 different artboard sizes and want to leave size alone while making position of x = 0 and y = 0. When I take out the width and height 0s I get an error:

“Adobe Illustrator got an error: Some data was the wrong type.”

#3

You just need to do the sums. If an art board’s art board rectangle is {10, 20, 100, 200}, change it to {0, 0, 90, 180}.

#4

Doh! Thank you!