User Guide

Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
When you apply a color override to a layer, you temporarily assign a
color to vector and text objects on the layers you specify. A color
override does not affect paint objects. When you turn off the Color
Override option, all affected objects revert to their original colors.
White Fill The White Fill option lets you control how override colors appear on
vector objects. This option doesn’t change how override colors appear
on text.
When White Fill is selected, Canvas applies the override color to the pen
ink of vector objects and applies white as the fill ink; i.e., the override
color becomes the color of the stroke of vector objects, while the inside
of the object remains white. When White Fill is not selected, Canvas
applies the override color as both pen and fill inks.
If you use the White Fill option, objects without a visible stroke are not
visible against the white layout area.
Using master pages
Master pages (slides/frames) hold common elements that you want to appear on most pages. Objects
on the master page’s layers appear on pages where the Master Page option is selected.
You can unlink a master page. This lets you edit the page’s contents like you would any layer that
isn’t shared, without changing the appearance of the master page on other pages. Canvas also lets
you re-link a master page.
Illustration documents do not use master pages.
To unlink a master page:
1. Select the page where you want to unlink the master page. (Do not select the master page
item or a layer).
2. Choose Unlink Master in the palette’s menu. The layers of the master page become regular
layers of the current page.
To link a master page:
1. Select the page to which you want to link the master page.
2. Choose Link Master in the palette’s menu. Canvas links the master page to the current page.
Other elements on the page are not affected.
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