User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
A template document stores almost all preferences settings, as well as the settings you specify with
the Document Setup command, and other document setup options, including the following:
Document type
Configuration of layers, slides, pages, sheets and frames
Settings for rulers, grids, guides, and views
Current inks and strokes settings
Text styles and default text settings
Canvas stores some settings with the application and not in particular documents, so these settings
are not included in a template document. The settings that aren’t stored in a template include the
position of palettes on the screen and the current set of external tools.
If you create a template with a small amount of type, such as for a letterhead, convert the
type to paths so the template can be used without particular fonts being available.
To save a template document:
1. Choose File | New to create a new Illustration, Presentation, Animation, or Publication
document.
2. Choose Layout | Document Setup to select measurement units, document size and
orientation, and, for Publications, the margins and column layout.
3. Choose File | 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.
6. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the Canvas\Templates folder.
7. In the Save as type drop-down list, select TPL - Canvas Template.
8. Click Save.
Working with other file formats
When you use other file formats that Canvas supports, you can select options when you open, place,
import, save, or export some types of files. The most common file formats and their options are
described in this section. For more information on using file formats, refer to the “Read Me” file. New
information that is not in the printed or online documentation will be provided in the “Read Me” file
distributed with the Canvas software.
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