What is the Artboard tool good for and what is its keyboard shortcut?

The Artboard tool is used to add new Artboards to your canvas. The keyboard shortcut to activate the tool is A.

In ordert to create a new artboard, activate the tool and then do one of the following:

• press and hold the left mouse button anywhere on the canvas and drag the mouse diagonally to define the size of the Artboard
• select one of the Artboard preset from the list displayed at the right hand side of the screen and click on in - by doing this, you new Artboard will be created using the size of the preset and will be placed on the canvas