How to Eliminate Crop Marks in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is the most widely used program for vector graphics creation and editing. Starting with the "CS" versions of the program, Adobe added a range of out-of-the-box functionality to help push designers to the limits of their imaginations. One of the additions with Adobe Illustrator CS3 was the ability to instantly create multiple crop marks on a single canvas. These crop marks may be set to comply with custom dimensions or one of the many presets. The control panel allows you to eliminate crop marks you no longer want in Illustrator.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Illustrator CS3 or later

Instructions

1. Double-click on the Adobe Illustrator file that has the crop marks you need to remove.

2. Click on the "Crop Area Tool" in the toolbar or press "SHIFT+O."

3. Hold down the "Alt" key to see all of the crop marks currently assigned to the project.

4. Click the small "X" in the upper-right corner of each set of crop marks to eliminate them one by one.

5. Click the "Delete All" button in the toolbar just above the canvas to eliminate all of the crop marks at once.

References

• Adobe: Help Resource Center: Delete a Crop Area
• Adobe: Video Workshop: Using the Crop Tool in Illustrator to Define Areas for Print or Export