User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Customizing the keyboard and Toolbar
Via the Customize dialog box, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to commands, tools, attributes,
object styles, and font styles. You can also place buttons for these items on the Toolbar.
To customize the keyboard and Toolbar:
Choose File | Customize.
Customize dialog box
Use the options in the Customize dialog box to select items, and then create keyboard shortcuts and
place buttons on the Toolbar.
Category Choose the category of items to customize. The contents of the scrolling
list change according to the selected category.
Sub-Category Only active if Menus is selected in the Category menu. The commands in
the selected menu appear in the scrolling list.
Scrolling list Displays all tools or styles in the selected category or subcategory (for
menus). For inks and strokes, the list contains the inks or strokes you
select from the pop-up palettes. Select an item in the scrolling list to
assign a shortcut to it or to place a button for it on the Toolbar. The
selected item is highlighted.
Current Shortcut Key Displays the current keyboard shortcut for the selected item, if a
shortcut exists.
Press New Shortcut
Key
With an item selected in the scrolling list, press the keyboard keys you
want to assign to the item. To use a modifier key, press and hold Shift,
Ctrl, or Alt. Press a letter, number, or function key. The new shortcut
keys appear in the box.
Menu icon Click Modify to open the Modify icon dialog box and customize the menu
bar icons. Click Restore to return the icons to their default appearance.
Assign Click to assign the keystrokes in the Press New Shortcut Key box to the
selected item.
Remove Click to remove the current shortcut keystrokes from the selected item.
Reset All Click to restore the default shortcut keys to all items.
Reset Click to restore the default shortcut keys to the item selected in the
scrolling list.
Palettes A pop-up palette appears when the Category selection is Inks; three
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