User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To delete units: Select a user-defined unit and click the Remove
button.
You cannot delete default units; i.e., inches, centimeters, etc.
You also cannot delete units that are currently being used as the
document unit. Change the document unit first.
Grids and guides
You can use grids and guides to aid in positioning objects in a document. You can also turn on the
snap-to-grid and snap-to-guide features to make Canvas snap objects into alignment with the
nearest grid or guide.
Use these settings to create an alignment grid (see "Using the alignment grid" on page 80).
Grid Line distance X: This is the distance from one vertical grid line to
another.
Line distance Y: This is the distance from one horizontal grid line to
another.
Snap factor X: This value sets the snap points along the horizontal
lines of the grid and guide.
Snap factor Y: This value sets the snap points along the vertical lines
of the grid and guide.
Snap to X/Snap to Y: Select one or both options to make objects snap
to the snap points on both sets of grid and guide lines.
Guides Snap distance in points.
You can also change these settings using the Grids and Guides manager, available from the Layout
menu.
To open the Grids and Guides manager:
Choose Layout | Grids and Guides.
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