User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To add a guide layer:
1. Select the page to which you want to add a guide layer.
2. Choose Add Guide Layer in the Document Layout palette’s menu.
3. In the New Guide Layer dialog box, enter a name, select Visible check box to display the
layer, and click OK.
To change a guide layer’s name, override color, or other properties:
Double-click the layer and change the options in the Layer Options dialog box. See "Page and layer
options" on page 91.
To arrange guide layers:
Select the guide layer and then drag the guide layer to its new position.
To copy guide layers:
Select the guide layer and Ctrl-drag the guide layer to its new position.
To delete guide layers:
Do one of the following:
Select the guide layer and drag it to the trash can icon in the Document Layout palette.
Select the guide layer and choose Delete from the palette's menu.
Grid layers
Grid layers display gray grids that can help you position objects precisely. When the command
Layout | Snap To | Grid is selected, the bounding boxes of objects will snap to the grid. When you
create a grid it appears on a grid layer. Grid layers are locked by default. You can configure the
current page’s grid using the Layout | Grids command. You can move or copya grid layer to another
place within the present page or to another page altogether.
By default, grid layers are gray.
To add a grid layer:
1. Select the page to which you want to add a grid layer.
2. Choose Add Grid Layer in the palette menu.
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