User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Type
The Type settings in the Configuration Center let you customize options for text and typography.
Text Input When Typing Into Document: Select either Auto type into object or
Allow single letter shortcut.
Auto type into object: This option allows you to automatically begin
typing text characters into a selected object.
Allow single letter shortcut: If activated, you will be allowed to
access the vector and image editing tools using simple single-letter
shortcuts. The list below details the various hotkey commands and how
they may be applied.
Use Smart Quotes: Select this option if you want Canvas to insert true
typographical apostrophes (’), single quotation marks (‘’), and double
quotation marks (“”) when you type these characters with the Text tool.
Otherwise, these characters appear as straight tick marks, or foot (')
and inch (") marks. Of course, the actual appearance of the characters
depends on the design of the typeface in use.
The character that Canvas inserts when you type a quotation mark
depends on the position of the insertion point in the text, and its position
relative to other quotation marks; e.g., Canvas always inserts an open
quotation mark (“) when you type a quotation mark immediately
following a space.
Use Smart Quotes has no effect on text that you type with the
Path Text tool.
Use Greeked text: Select this option if you want Canvas to replace
lines of text characters with gray bars, which speeds up screen redraw.
The Greeked text setting does not affect printing. You should
set the size the same as most body text in your documents. This
lets you view headlines and display type normally, while Canvas
replaces the body text at 100% magnification. Then, when you
zoom in to edit the body text, it will appear normally at the
higher magnification.
Enter a size in points in the adjacent text box. When this setting is
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