User Guide

Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
2. Choose Layout | Document Setup to select measurement units, document size and
orientation, and, for Publications, the margins and column layout.
3. Choose Canvas | Configuration Center to set up preferences for the document.
4. Create or import objects that you want to store in the template.
5. Choose File | Save As. In the Save as type menu, select Canvas Template and click Save.
For more information, see "Saving Canvas documents" on page 50.
File & data exchange
Canvas supports many standard formats for exchanging files and data with other programs. This
section explains how to use non-Canvas file formats, including Web image formats. It includes
information on exchanging files on the Internet and Object Linking and Embedding.
Importing and exporting files
Canvas lets you import and export files in many different formats, letting you easily work with
colleagues who use different applications and formats. Since the native Canvas format (.CVX) saves
all the objects, properties, and effects that your document can contain, it's recommended that you
always save your document in this format, in addition to saving or exporting the document in other
formats.
When you save or export a document in a non-Canvas format, you should be aware of the capabilities
and limitations of that file format, so that you can avoid problems such as lost information and
printing errors. For example, some formats support only one type of data (vector, raster, or text),
while others support multiple types.
Importing files
In Canvas you can open a file directly, or you can create a Canvas document and then place one or
more files into it. This lets you work on a single file, or combine files of different formats into a single
document.
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