Saving only the Artboard area when Saving as PDF 1

[kooltopia]

Some of the work I've been doing has imagery that goes beyond the edges of the artboard. When I save the file as a PDF, I want only the artboard (the 8/12 x 11 inch area) to be saved with the PDF, but Illustrator CS saves the entire art area.

What option do I need to use to save only the artboard in Illustrator CS?

Thanks
Jayson

 

[ayersart]

Draw a box around the artbord. With the box selected, go to object - crop area - make. Then when you export, it will only export what is in the crop area.

 

[JohnKgreek]

If your goal is the artboard only, you can save as step. Withe nothing selected, object>crop area>make.

When nothing is selected, the crop area is based upon the artboard dimension and position.

 

[wetclay]

this method of croping my art work doesn't work in illy 9.0. any help with that version?

 

[jmgalvin]

The method described by ayersart works.

Draw empty box the size of artboard and go to Object/Crop Marks/Make.