User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
The name of the selected item in the list is shaded. The active layer name is bold. Names of master
layers, shared layers and objects on shared layers are italic.
To expand or collapse items in the list:
Do one of the following:
Click a plus to expand the list; click a minus to collapse it.
Ctrl-click an item to toggle the state of its sub-items. If you Ctrl-click a page, its
expanded layers will collapse, and its collapsed layers will expand.
Choose Expand All or Collapse All in the palette’s menu. The current level (pages, layers,
or object groups) will expand or collapse. You can also Alt-click in the list to do the same
thing.
Selecting items
You can select one or more items at once in the layout list. The name of a selected item is shaded.
Selecting a page makes it the current page. The last current layer of the current page will be
the current layer.
Selecting a layer makes it the current layer.
Selecting an object selects the object in the document.
Selecting any item that is not visible makes the item visible.
To select one item:
Click the name of the item in the list.
To select multiple items:
Click the first item and Shift-click the last item. This selects a continuous range of pages, layers,
or objects. To select or deselect individual items in a selection, press Ctrl-click each item.
Searching for items
Canvas can find items in the layout list by searching their names. This means you can go to pages
and layers, and select objects in a document, by typing some or all of the text in an item’s name in
the search box.
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