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Pasteboard

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In graphic design, pasteboard means: The workspace surrounding a page or artboard where objects can be kept temporarily.

In Turkish: sayfa dışı çalışma alanı

How it is used

Use for off-page working space rather than the final output area.

Example sentences

  1. I kept the rejected diagrams on the pasteboard while comparing options.

    Objects remain available without occupying the finished page.

  2. The missing logo was sitting on the pasteboard beside page six.

    A visible workspace object may still lie outside the page output.

Common collocations

  • pasteboard area
  • move to the pasteboard
  • artboardA separate page-like area inside a design file, especially in Illustrator and similar tools, so one file can hold several sizes or versions of a design.
  • layoutThe way text, images and other elements are arranged on a page, screen or poster, including their size, position and the space between them.

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