User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
You can merge layers, which moves objects from a source to a destination layer and deletes
the source layer. Click the source layer to select it in the layout list. Shift-click the
destination layer. Choose Merge Layers in the palette’s menu.
In addition, you can add layers by choosing open the Document palette menu and selecting Add
Layer. A dialog box lets you change the layer’s name and select other options (see "Page and layer
options" on page 91).
Arranging items
If you want to move pages, layers, or objects, you can drag them in the layout list. If you drag to a
collapsed part of the list, the list expands.
Canvas does not rename layers if you change their order or move them to other pages in the list.
However, if you change the order of pages, Canvas does rename them, unless you have given them
unique names.
To copy items:
Select one or more items in the palette, and then Ctrl-drag them to a new layer.
To delete items:
Drag the items from the list to the Trash icon. You can also delete items by selecting them in the
palette and then choosing Delete in the palette’s menu.
To delete multiple pages:
1. Choose Layout | Pages (Sheets/Slides/Frames) | Delete.
2. In the Delete dialog box, enter the page range to delete, and click OK.
Page and layer controls
Canvas features additional page and layer controls at the bottom of the screen that can be used in
addition to the Document Layout palette.
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