Setting up documents

After you create a document, you can use the Document Setup manager in the Configuration Center to change the document type, measurement units, size, orientation, and other options (Layout | Document Setup). The Document Setup manager present similar options for each type of document, with some specific options for a particular document type; e.g., in a Publication document, you can set facing pages and page margins. In a Presentation document, you can specify screen size.

To set up a document:

1. 2. Choose Layout | Document Setup. In the Document Setup manager, select the options you want and click OK.
The following options are available in all document types, except as noted.

Document units

Choose an option in the Document Units pop-up menu. The unit you select will be used in the rulers.

Document size

You can set the document size to match the paper in your printer, or set up a document based on a standard or custom size. The controls for document size are labeled according to the type of document (Illustration, Publication, and so on). For illustrations larger than the current paper size, toggle the Breaks option in the Properties bar to see or hide page breaks. A line around the layout area indicates page boundaries. To use a standard size, choose an option from the pop-up menu. You can choose standard sizes based on the document type. From Printer: To base the dimensions of the layout area on your printers page size, choose From Printer. The layout area will match the settings in the Page Setup dialog box. For more information, see "Matching documents to printer pages" on page 74. Custom: To specify custom dimensions, choose Custom. Type the width in the first box and the height in the second box.
From Screen: In Presentations and Animations, you can base the size of the layout area on the monitors size. To do this, choose From Screen.

Orientation

To change the orientation of the document, click the button in the Orientation area. This swaps the width and height values of the document.

Margins

To set margin size for two-sided Publications, enter the Inside, Outside, Top, and Bottom margins in the text boxes in the Margins area. For single-sided Publications, enter Right, Left, Top, and Bottom margins. The margin is measured from the edge of the paper. Margins are not available in other document types. On screen, the documents margins appear as a dashed line. The page boundary appears as a solid line around the edge of the layout area. Make sure the margins are not outside the page boundary (see "Matching documents to printer pages" on page 74 ).

1. 2. Choose Layout | Grids. In the Grids manager, enter a value in the Line Distance X: Units text box.

3. 4. 5.

Enter a value in the Line Distance Y: Units text box. Enter a value in the Snap Factor X: Fields text box. Enter a value in the Snap Factor Y: Fields text box. You can enter decimal or fractional values; Canvas converts fractional values to decimal values; e.g., if the Line Distance is 1 inch, a Snap Factor of 1/2 Fields sets snap points every 1/2 inch.
Select Snap to X and Snap to Y to make objects snap to the snap points on both sets of grid lines. Click OK to implement the grid settings.

Using alignment guides

You can create alignment guides and alignment objects. Other objects can snap to alignment guides and objects. Alignment guides are horizontal and vertical lines you drag into a document from the rulers. When you create alignment guides, Canvas places the guides on a guide layer. You can also create guide objects from any vector objects. Guide objects are placed on a guide layer; e.g., if you draw a rectangle on a guide layer, objects can snap to the sides of the rectangle. Alignment guides and objects normally do not print, because the guide layers are set to be non-printing.

To show or hide guides:

Do one of the following: Toggle the Guides check box in the Properties bar. Deselect any objects to view the check box. Choose Layout | Display | Show Guides or Layout | Display | Hide Guides.
To activate snapping to guides:
Choose Layout | Snap To | Guides. When the snap-to feature is active, objects you move will snap to alignment guides and objects on guide layers.
To set up alignment guides:
1. 2. Display the rulers by selecting the Rulers check box in the Properties bar. Point to either ruler and drag a guide into the document area.

To remove a guide:

Drag the guide back to its ruler.
To move objects touching an alignment guide:
Press Ctrl as you drag an alignment guide. This method does not apply to alignment objects on a guide layer.
To set up alignment objects:
1. 2. Select one or more vector objects. Choose Object | Arrange | Send to Guide Layer. Canvas moves the selected objects to the guide layer on the current page.
The ink and stroke attributes of guide objects are overridden by default on guide layers. Guide objects appear with a blue pen ink, a 1-point stroke, and no fill ink. If you move an alignment object off a guide layer, its original attributes reappear. You can edit guide objects without moving them off a guide layer; e.g., you can select a guide object, drag its selection handles, use freeform mode to transform it, and use edit mode to reshape it.

For more information, see "Saving Canvas documents" on page 50.

File & data exchange

Canvas supports many standard formats for exchanging files and data with other programs. This section explains how to use non-Canvas file formats, including Web image formats. It includes information on exchanging files on the Internet and Object Linking and Embedding.
Importing and exporting files
Canvas lets you import and export files in many different formats, letting you easily work with colleagues who use different applications and formats. Since the native Canvas format (.CVX) saves all the objects, properties, and effects that your document can contain, it's recommended that you always save your document in this format, in addition to saving or exporting the document in other formats. When you save or export a document in a non-Canvas format, you should be aware of the capabilities and limitations of that file format, so that you can avoid problems such as lost information and printing errors. For example, some formats support only one type of data (vector, raster, or text), while others support multiple types.

Importing files

In Canvas you can open a file directly, or you can create a Canvas document and then place one or more files into it. This lets you work on a single file, or combine files of different formats into a single document.

To open or place a file:

1. Choose File, then choose one of the following: Open: Opens the file as a new Canvas document. Place: Inserts the file in the current Canvas document. This command is available only if a Canvas document is open. 2. In the Open or Place dialog box, select the file you want to open, then click the Open or Place button. For some file formats, a dialog box presents options for opening files. Select the appropriate settings, then click OK. If you open the file, Canvas creates a new document. If you are place the file, a Place pointer appears. Click where you want to place the top-left corner of the file. To import image files, you can also use the Image | Import command (see "Importing images" on page 131).

Exporting files

In Canvas, exporting files in different formats is as simple as saving the file in your selected format. Because not all the different file formats support all Canvas objects and effects, it's recommended that you always save your document in the standard Canvas (.CVX) format in addition to other formats. For example, a TIFF file can save only a single raster image; it does not support text or vector objects. If you save a Canvas document containing vector objects or text in TIFF format, all the objects in the document are changed into an image. If you then open the TIFF file, its contents appear as one raster image, so you cant edit the original text or reshape the vector objects. When you save a document in another format, Canvas creates a new file on disk, but does not close the document or change the name of the document in the title bar. If you then try to close the Canvas document (without saving it in Canvas format), a message asks you to confirm that you want to close the document without saving it. Always save your work as a Canvas (.CVX) document, so you can edit your work later in Canvas if necessary. For more information about exporting files, see "Saving Canvas documents" on page 50.

A template document stores almost all preferences settings, as well as the settings you specify with the Document Setup command, and other document setup options, including the following: Document type Configuration of layers, slides, pages, sheets and frames Settings for rulers, grids, guides, and views Current inks and strokes settings Text styles and default text settings Canvas stores some settings with the application and not in particular documents, so these settings are not included in a template document. The settings that arent stored in a template include the position of palettes on the screen and the current set of external tools. If you create a template with a small amount of type, such as for a letterhead, convert the type to paths so the template can be used without particular fonts being available.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Choose File | New to create a new Illustration, Presentation, Animation, or Publication document. Choose Layout | Document Setup to select measurement units, document size and orientation, and, for Publications, the margins and column layout. Choose File | Configuration Center to set up preferences for the document. Create or import objects that you want to store in the template. Choose File | Save As. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the Canvas\Templates folder. In the Save as type drop-down list, select TPL - Canvas Template. Click Save.
Working with other file formats
When you use other file formats that Canvas supports, you can select options when you open, place, import, save, or export some types of files. The most common file formats and their options are described in this section. For more information on using file formats, refer to the Read Me file. New information that is not in the printed or online documentation will be provided in the Read Me file distributed with the Canvas software.

Opening PDF files

When opening PDF files, you can select your import options in the PDF & PS Import dialog box. Default ColorSpace Embedded fonts Vector precision Text merging Select RGB or CMYK. Select either Substitute or Convert to paths. Select from one to three decimal points for precision. Select an option for text tolerance. Disabled: Select this option for no merging, even for text/letters that are exactly next to each other Precise: Select this option for a very small amount of tolerance, so only letters next to each other will be merged Tight: Select this option for a higher level of tolerance (spaces up to approximately 2 points between letters will be ignored) Loose: Select this option for the highest level of tolerance, meaning merge whenever it makes sense) Page selection Use this option to specify pages for import. The default is [all pages]. Other predefined values are [even pages] and [odd pages], which would import only the even and odd pages, respectively. Other page selections may be specified as a combination of numbers separated with commas; e.g, 2, 5, 8, 13. Consecutive pages may be specified using two numbers separated with a dash; e.g., 6-9. You can even use combinations like 1, 5 - 7, 9, which would import pages 1, 5, 6, 7, and 9. The combination 1, 2, 4, 6- would import pages 1, 2, 4, 6 and all subsequent pages. Select an option for importing PDF documents that contain layers. Import layers if present: Select this option to import all visible layers in the file. If deselected, all objects from a PDF file are imported to one layer with a default name. Import hidden layers: Select this option to also import hidden layers and all objects that may be on those layers. This would work even if the option above is turned off. Save these settings as default Default Saves the current settings as the default. Click Default to obtain the default settings.

To duplicate and space copies evenly:
1. 2. 3. Select one or more vector, text, paint, or group objects to copy. Choose Edit | Duplicate. Canvas duplicates the selection and offsets the copy a preset distance from the original. The copy must remain selected as you drag it or use the keyboard arrow keys to move it into position. The new position establishes the offset distance and direction from the original selection. Choose Edit | Duplicate again. Canvas creates the next copy using the offset defined from the original selection to the first copy. Repeat this step to create additional evenly-spaced copies.
Canvas offsets and stacks duplicates, placing the newest copy in front of the stack.
Duplicated objects are offset a preset amount (gray circles). By moving the first copy and repeating Duplicate, you can set a custom offset distance and direction (light gray circles).
To duplicate selected objects with modifier key:
You can duplicate an object by pressing a modifier key as you drag the object. When an object is selected, press a modifier key to duplicate and resize it as you drag a handle. In Freeform mode, you can press a modifier key to duplicate while rotating or skewing an object. 1. 2. Select the objects you want to duplicate. Press Ctrl as you drag the objects.
To make multiple copies while dragging:
Select the objects you want to duplicate. Press Ctrl+Alt as you drag the objects.
To duplicate while resizing:
1. 2. Select an object to duplicate. Begin to drag a handle on the objects bounding box to the size you want the duplicate to be.
As you drag, press and hold Ctrl. When you release the mouse button and the modifier key, the duplicate object appears in front of the original.
To duplicate while rotating or skewing:
1. 2. Select an object and choose Effects | Freeform to put the object in Freeform mode. Point to a handle and press Ctrl as you drag the handle. To rotate the object: Drag one of the four corner handles. To skew the object horizontally: Drag a horizontal skew handle to the left or right. To skew vertically: Drag a vertical skew handle up or down. The duplicated object rotates or skews depending on which handle you drag. You cannot rotate and skew the object at the same time. When you release the mouse, the duplicate is in front of the original.

Choosing line joins and end caps
For standard pen strokes and calligraphic strokes, you can specify the type of line joins and end caps. Line joins determine the appearance of two path segments that meet at a corner. End caps specify the shape of the endpoints of an open path.

Line joins

Canvas has three types of line joins: miter, round, and bevel. For preset pen strokes, Canvas indicates the type of line join in the respective manager in the Attributes palette. Miter: Joins path segments with sharp corners that extend to a single point. When you choose miter joins, the Miter Limit field is enabled. Enter the miter limit in degrees (5, 10, 30, 60, or 90 degrees). The miter limit setting tells Canvas which corners are too tight to miter; Canvas bevels these corners instead; i.e., if the miter limit is set to 10, and two path segments join at an angle of 9, Canvas bevels the corner rather than creating a miter join. The miter limit lets you prevent long, spiked corners that might result as a combination of a wide pen size and a small angle. Round: Smooths corners, so the joint is rounded instead of pointed or flat.
Bevel: Squares off path segment corners, so that the joint appears flat rather than rounded or pointed.
Miter join, miter limit = 10

Bevel join

Round join
Miter join, miter limit = 20

End caps

Canvas has three types of end caps. For preset pen strokes, Canvas indicates the type of end cap in the respective manager in the Attributes palette. Flat: The end of the stroke is flush and square with the end of an open path or dash. By default, end caps use this setting. Round: A semi-circular cap extends half the pen width beyond the endpoint of an open path or dash. Square: The stroke tip is square, similar to the Flat option, but extends half the line width beyond the endpoint, like the Round option. Flush with endpoint Rounded at endpoint Square at endpoint
Customizing parallel line strokes
You can create custom parallel line strokes using the Parallel manager in the Attributes palette. Specify the number of lines, color, dash pattern, and pen size of each line, and line spacing.

Some options in the Arrow manager do not apply to all types of arrowheads.
Samples of classic arrowheads

Triangle

Diamond

Circle

To create a custom arrowhead:
1. 2. 3. In the Attributes palette, select Custom from the Type menu. Select the Arrow settings you want to use. Click the Add Preset button to add the custom arrow to the Presets palette.

Custom arrow options

Type Flip Create Edit box Select Custom from the menu. Click the buttons to flip the arrow horizontally and vertically. Click the Create button and the object appears in the edit box. Modify the arrowhead in this box. Drag the handles to resize the arrowhead. A horizontal line indicates the horizontal axis of the path's endpoint. A vertical line indicates the vertical axis of the path's endpoint. Size: Applies the pen width to the arrow. Color: Applies the pen ink to the arrow. Place on Segments Arrow controls Select this check box to add arrows to each segment of an object. Use these controls to select a right arrow, left arrow, or double-sided arrow. Click in the center for the double-sided option.

Mimic Pen

Customizing dashes
Dashes are composed of alternating solid and blank segments. Using the Dash manager, you can customize the length of up to 13 segments to create new, complex dash sequences. Dash stroke You can design dashes interactively using the edit window. To precisely set the length of each dash segment, you can also specify an exact length. The ruler in the Dash manager displays inches; however, you can enter dash lengths in any unit of measurement available. Dashes in the Presets palette always appear as 1-point wide, black and white segments. However, when you apply these dashes to an objects pen, the black segments adopt the color and size of the pen, and the white segments become transparent.

To create a dash:

1. 2. 3. Click on the Dash tab of the Attributes palette. Use the dash manager controls to define the new dash. Click the Add Preset button to the new dash to the Presets palette.

Creating custom dashes

Use these options to create a custom dash for your stroke. Dash/Gap controls Proportional Enter the size of the dashes and gaps in points. Tells Canvas to scale the length of the segments to match the pen width of the object. The length of segments in the Dash manager are based on a 1-point line. Therefore, if the pen width is 6 points and Proportional is selected, Canvas multiplies the lengths by six. Displays a sample of the dash. Use the Magnification controls to zoom in and out. To zoom out, click the left button. To zoom in, click the right button. Select the Magnification check box to enable the Magnification area. Select a segment, indicated by a double-arrow. Edit the segment by dragging the double-arrow. The dash/gap length is indicated in the Length box. Length Segment Enter a precise length for the selected segment in points. Shows the selected segments number (its order in the sequence) and its color. Black indicates it will use the pen ink. White means the segment will be transparent (a gap).

ISO: International Organization for Standardization JIS: Japanese Industrial Standard
To add a custom standard definition:
1. 2. Click the Add button. In the New Standard Definition dialog box, use the controls to create and define dimensioning standards (see "New standard definition" on page 365).

New standard definition

Once defined, custom standards appear in the Standard menu in the Properties bar. Standard Name Units Extension Gap Enter a name for the new standard. Select the unit of measurement that you want to use for all settings in the dialog box. Set the length of the witness lines extensions and the center line extension. Set the size of the gap between the witness lines and measurement points on objects; the gap between the center extension and center point mark; and the gap between the dimension text and dimension arrows. Set the length of the arrow lines (applies only when arrows are outside the witness lines); the length of center extension lines leader characters; and the length of the center extension line. The size of tolerance text and space between tolerance text, as a percentage of the dimension text size and spacing.

Length

Tolerance Scale
To edit a standard definition:
1. 2. 3. Select a dimensioning standard from the menu. Click the Edit button. In the Edit Standard Definition dialog box, edit the settings.
To delete a custom standard:
1. 2. Open the Standards menu. Select the custom standard definition to be removed.

Click the Remove button.

Using Smart Mouse for precise alignment
Smart Mouse is a drawing aid that can help the cursor precisely snap to a point on another object when you are drawing. Snap constraints like Smart Mouse are particularly useful when creating technical illustrations or documents in which micron-precision is paramount since it can snap the pointer to the corners, edges, and other points of objects. Turn off Snap To Grid by choosing Layout | Snap To | Grid. If there is no checkmark, the option is already turned off. If Snap To Grid is on, the pointer will snap to the grid and not to active Smart Mouse constraints.
To open the Smart Mouse palette:
Choose Layout | Smart Mouse or Window | Palettes | Smart Mouse.
Types of Smart Mouse constraints
The Smart Mouse tool has 14 types of constraints for your use. The constraints make the pointer (and objects that you draw or drag) snap to corners or centers of objects, even divisions (such as the midpoints) of object fractions, specified lengths or angles, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal movement, tangential or perpendicular alignment with objects, or edges of vector objects. Relative constraints: Indicate the relationship between the beginning position and current position when you draw or drag an object. These constraints can display indicators to indicate a constraint is met. The relative constraints are: Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal, Angle, Multiple Angle, Length, Parallel, and Tangential & Perpendicular. Absolute constraints: Indicate the relationship between the pointer and objects. These constraints (except Object Edges) can display indicators to show a constraint is met. The absolute constraints are: Object Corners, Object Fractions, Polygon & Bzier Anchors, Polygon Fractions, and Object Edges.

Orphan

Turn on to activate orphan protection. Specify the minimum number of lines that can appear at the top of a column in a linked flow.

Keep all lines

To prevent Canvas from inserting a column break in a paragraph, turn on this option. This prevents widows and orphans, but might leave a lot of blank space at the bottom of a column. To prevent two paragraphs from being separated by a column break, turn on this option. This option is useful for keeping a one-line paragraph, such as a heading, together with its section.

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Setting drop caps
Drop caps are large characters that extend below the normal baseline of the first line of an opening paragraph. Canvas indents the text below the first line to make room for the drop caps. You can format drop caps for any selected paragraphs.

To create a drop cap:

1. 2. 3. Choose Text | Type. Click the Indents tab to bring it to the front. Depending on how you want the drop cap to apply, do one of the following:

To apply to

Do this
First paragraph in a Select the object or place the insertion point anywhere in the first text object paragraph. 602
To apply to All other paragraphs A new paragraph you are about to type The preset format
Do this Place the insertion point in a paragraph, or select a paragraph. You can also select multiple consecutive paragraphs. Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph. Deselect all objects. Canvas will apply drop caps to the first paragraph of all new text objects you create with the Text tool.
Configure the drop cap options described below. Click Apply.

Drop cap settings

Lines Characters Specify the number of lines you want the drop caps to occupy. This determines the vertical height of the drop cap. Specify the number of characters to enlarge for drop caps. Canvas always applies this setting beginning with the first character in a paragraph.
Inserting headers and footers
You can add header and footer text objects using commands in the Text | Insert menu. Headers and footers are special text objects that can contain codes for the current date, current time, and page number, in addition to text you type. Canvas updates the date, time, and page number codes each time it redraws the screen. In Publication documents, Canvas inserts headers at the top of the publication layout area (above the page margins) and footers at the bottom of the publication layout area (below the page margins). In other documents, Canvas places the header in the upper left corner of the page and the footer in the lower left corner. Both types of objects initially span the width of the page, but you can resize and move them just like other text objects. You cant add headers and footers in edit mode, press Esc to end text editing.
To insert header and footer text objects:
Choose Text | Insert | Header or Text | Insert | Footer. Canvas creates the text object, and places it in edit mode.

To copy and paste selected text:
When you copy selected text, you can create a new text object or insert the text into an existing text object. 1. 2. 3. Select the text you want to copy. Choose Edit | Copy to copy the selection to the Clipboard. Depending how you want to paste the selection, do one of the following: To paste text into an existing text object: Put the insertion point in the text where you want to paste the insertion. To paste text as a new text object: Be sure no objects are in text edit mode by pressing Esc. You can set the width of the new text object by selecting the Text tool and dragging. Otherwise, text will be pasted in one long line that might extend off the screen (see "Creating text layouts" on page 563). 4. Choose Edit | Paste to insert the text from the Clipboard.

To cut text:

1. 2. Select the text you want to cut. Choose Edit | Cut. The text is cut to the Clipboard and is ready to be pasted to another area.

To delete text:

1. 2. Select the text you want to delete. Choose Edit | Clear, or press the Delete key.
To replace selected text:
Begin typing, or use the Paste command, to replace a text selection with the text you type or paste from the Clipboard. This saves the step of deleting the selected text.
To replace all text in a text object:
Select a text object and begin typing. The text adopts the formatting of the replaced text. If multiple text objects are selected, the text you type replaces the text in the object that was created first.

Changing text attributes

While a text object is selected, you can change the formatting of all the text it contains using the Text menu, Type palette, or Properties bar.
Finding and changing text
Use the Text tab in the Find palette to search for specific text or characters in selected text objects and entire documents. You can replace or delete found text selections one at a time or all at once (see "Text search options" on page 619). The Text tab also lets you search for text with specific font, size, and style attributes, and change the attributes of found text.

To find and change text:

To mark unrecognized words:
Choose Layout | Display | Show Spelling Errors.
To not mark unrecognized words:
Choose Layout | Display | Hide Spelling Errors.
Using the spelling pop-up menu
While using the Text tool to edit text, you can choose suggested replacements for words marked as unrecognized. The spelling pop-up menu lets you choose replacement words. You can also use the menu to add unrecognized words to the User Dictionary.
To use the spelling pop-up menu:
With a text object in edit mode, point to a word that Canvas has marked as unrecognized. Rightclick the word to open the spelling menu.
To replace an unrecognized word with a suggested word:
Choose the suggested word in the menu. When you choose a replacement word in the Spelling menu, Canvas adds the unrecognized word and the replacement word to the Auto Correct manager. The unrecognized word appears in the Replace text box and the suggested word appears in the With text box (see "Checking the spelling of text" on page 625). Add Word: To add an unrecognized word to the User Dictionary, choose Add Word. After you choose Add Word, Canvas adds the word to the User Dictionary and will recognize any future use of the word.
Ignore Word: To ignore the spelling of the unrecognized word, click Ignore Word. If you choose Ignore Word, Canvas will ignore the word in any document until you quit Canvas. Cancel: To close the spelling menu without making any changes, choose Cancel or click outside the menu.
Spell checking a selection or document
Check the spelling of selected text, a selected text object, and an entire document using commands in the Spell Checker menu.
To limit the spell checking to specific text or text object:
Select the text or text object.
To spell check an entire document:
You dont have to select anything.

To begin spell checking:

1. Choose Text | Spell Checker | Spell Check Selection (if you selected text or a text object), or Text | Spell Checker | Spell Check Document.
If Canvas finds an unrecognized word, the Spelling Checker dialog box appears (see "Spelling Checker" on page 627). Canvas displays a message when the spell check is complete. 2. Click OK to close the message box. Canvas deselects any selected objects (but not text) when you use the Spell Check Selection or Spell Check Document commands.

Spelling Checker

The Spelling Checker dialog box appears during spell checking of a selection or document if Canvas finds a word that isnt in its dictionaries. Word Text box Canvas displays unrecognized words in context. You cannot edit the text in this box. Type a new spelling in this text box or click the down-arrow to choose from the list of suggested spellings. The highlighted word in this box is the unrecognized word.

Replace Add

Click this button to replace the unrecognized word with the contents of the text box and continue to spell check the document. If Canvas doesnt recognize a word that is actually spelled correctly, add the word to the User Dictionary so that Canvas recognizes it in future documents (see "Modifying the User Dictionary" on page 628). After saving the word, Canvas continues to spell check. Allows an unrecognized word in the current document without adding the word to the dictionary. Canvas ignores all instances of the word until you close Canvas. Allows the current instance of an unrecognized word, but Canvas alerts you the next time this word occurs. Interrupts the spell check and closes the dialog box.

Type effects

This section explains how to apply various effects to type. In Canvas, you can wrap text inside objects, repel text from objects, bind text to the path of an object, and slant the margins of a text object.

Text inks and strokes

You can apply fill inks, pen inks, strokes, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes using the Fill Ink, Pen Ink, and Stroke icons in the Toolbox. You can also use the Properties bar that has icons and popout palettes that let you apply fill inks, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes (see "Formatting text with the Properties bar" on page 581).

Current attributes

By using the icons in the Toolbox, you can set the pen ink, fill ink and stroke current attributes for text; however, you cant set frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes to be current attributes; i.e., you cant set a frame ink, background ink, or frame stroke that will be applied when you create new text objects (see "Attributes of new text" on page 562). When you convert text to paths, Canvas keeps the pen ink, fill ink and stroke, but any background inks, frame inks, or frame strokes are removed.
Applying inks and strokes
You can apply the following attributes to one or more text objects, and to text selections. Fill ink An ink applied to the inside, as opposed to the outline, of the characters in a text object or text selection. You can also apply a fill ink with the Fill Ink icon in the Toolbox.

Background ink

An ink applied to the background of a text object or a text selection.
Outline ink Frame ink Outline stroke Frame stroke
An ink applied to the stroke of text characters. You can also apply a pen ink with the Pen Ink icon in the Toolbox. An ink applied to the stroke on the bounding box of a text object, or a box around a text selection. The outline of text characters. You can also apply a stroke with the Stroke icon in the Toolbox. A stroke applied to the bounding box of the text object, or a box around a text selection. The frame ink appears on the frame stroke.

To apply a fill ink:

Importing CGM files

With Canvas, you can open, modify, and save CGM files created in other applications. CGM file properties, including WebCGM tags are retained, and can be viewed in the Object Properties palette.

To import CGM files:

1. 2. 3. 4. Choose File | Open. Select the CGM file you want to open, then click Open. Select the CGM import options. Click OK.

CGM import options

CGM Options Import Background: Imports the background. Import With Layers: Retains the layers in the file. CALS Compliant: Retains CALS compliance. Offset To (0,0): Places the image at the top left of the page. Retain Bitonal Images: Retain the foreground and background of bitonal images. Scale Input Automatic to One Page: Scales the incoming file to fit the page.
%: Select a percentage for scaling the incoming file. Object Clipping Clip Only If Necessary: This option eliminates clipping rectangles if they do not clip any of the objects assigned to them. Those objects are contained entirely within the clipping area and checking this option will allow Canvas to redraw much faster; however, if any object stripped of the clipping rectangles is moved outside that area, they will not be clipped because the clipping rectangle has been removed when setting this option. Be careful with this option if you want to move objects in the document. Hard Clipping: This option eliminates objects that are not visible as a result of clipping. Render Options Render Document : Select this option to change the color mode or resolution of the file. Color Mode: Select a color mode. Pixels/in: Select a resolution in pixels per inch. Seismic Options Import Only Raw Seismic Data: Select this option to import only the seismograph samples. The subsequent trace objects will not have any wiggles or background images, only those samples. Later, using the Seismic Traces palette, you can create wiggles or background image from those samples. If this option is not selected, the wiggles and/or background image will be created on import in accordance to settings included in the CGM file. Interpolation: Select one of the following: Default: Defined in PIP file. Off Always: No color interpolation. 1D Always: Displays the background in baseline direction only. 2D Always: Displays the lines in biaxial interpolation. Advanced Management Collect Lines: Select this option to collect lines. Skip Degenerate Objects: Select this option to skip degenerate objects. Click this button to open the CGM Font Matching dialog box. The fonts to be substituted appear in the Original Font column. Select a substitute font from the drop-down list and click OK.

Canvas 12 | Product Sheet
Canvas 12 is the flexible, scalable, and integrated application that speeds up and streamlines your technical illustration and data visualization workflow. Create, enhance and share technical illustrations with precision and ease. Draw and dimension with precision: With its ability to represent any object property to within.035 microns and a double-floating point, 64-bit coordinate system, Canvas 12 accurately turns data into strong, real-time visual content that users can then enhance, review and publish. High level of scalability: Canvas flexible environment lets users draw in any scale and define custom units of measurement, grids and rulers. Add dimensioning objects that conform to industry standards, including IEEE, ANSI, DIN, and JIS, and scale to document sizes up to 2000 by 2000 miles, all with measured accuracy and precision. Tip Incredible integration: Bring together all project documents, GIS+ is an add-on module that offers a images and data into one powerful set of GIS-based features. Its environment. Directly import ideal for users who need to work with from 100 standard and specialized GIS-specific formats, define complex map projections, and perform advanced formats and export to multiple property operations. formats simultaneously, for the ultimate in workflow integration. Present and publish: Share projects in a variety of presentation media, including interactive PDF and HTML documents. Canvas 12 comes with a full range of page and text formatting capabilities, automated flowchart tools, and pre-press tools.

Customers

Who needs Canvas 12?
Canvas 12 is preferred by technical illustrators in precision industries such as aerospace and automotive, biotechnology and healthcare, education, government, manufacturing, oil, gas and energy, and technology. Any professional in a high tech, complex environment that requires accurate and powerful visualization of technical data will benefit from Canvas ability to ensure accuracy, facilitate collaboration and improve productivity.

Competitive Benefits

Why should someone choose Canvas 12 over another software tool?
Canvas 12 offers end-to-end workflow and seamless integration within complex engineering and scientific software and work environments. Engineers working in the space, aircraft manufacturing, defense, utility, and petroleum industries rely on Canvas unmatched set of major workflow features, including 3D View and CGM support, CAD-inspired dimensioning tools, and its overall precision and accuracy. With Canvas wide range of visualization and design capabilities, less file translation is required due to moving back and forth between different graphics programs. Also, less processor power is needed for running multiple programs at once. Best of all, theres less productivity loss due to file compatibility and other time-consuming issues. Canvas has the crucial ability to accurately measure, edit, and export digital images that contain up to 32 bits per channel of data.

Solving Pain Points

What common problems does Canvas 12 solve?
Communicate complex data in visual form. Users can choose from a variety of methods to input their exact coordinates, and Canvas 12 accurately turns data into strong, real-time visual content that they can then further enhance, review and publish. Annotate and embellish highly technical information. Canvas 12 features a full set of professional annotation and visual augmentation tools, from complex and multiple vector object shapes to precise dimensioning tools, to help users clarify content. Tip Bridge the gap between technical and non-technical groups. With For users who work with large image Canvas range of integration collections, an image management and collaboration capabilities, solution can help further streamline colleagues can share, discuss and workflow. Both ACDSee Photo Manager and ACDSee Pro Photo Manager allow evolve projects in a free-flowing users to organize, view, edit and publish document exchange. Users can also their images. ACDSee Pro is ideal for apply encryption and password those who want even more control over protection to ensure document their images, including the ability to safety and security with specific process RAW images. project members and groups.

Key Benefit

Canvas 12 integrates into complex technical workflows and provides a powerful, integrated design environment to handle all your illustration, image editing, and data visualization needs from initial import and design to final output and presentation.

Selling Points

Complete technical illustration toolset: Users can edit both major forms of digital visuals vector objects and raster images at the same time, in the same document, thanks to Canvas proprietary SpriteEffects technology. This integration of editing capabilities eliminates the need for multiple graphics software programs.

System Requirements:

Intel Pentium 4 or better 512 MB RAM installed (1 GB RAM recommended) 700 MB free hard disk space (1.5 GB recommended) 16-bit color or higher (True color recommended) 1024x768 or higher screen resolution recommended DVD drive to install from the installer disk Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional operating system (with Service Pack 2 installed), Windows Vista or Windows 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (7.0 or higher recommended) - to view the Help

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