User Guide

Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
4. In the Save AVI Options dialog box, select one or more of the following:
Auto Crop: This feature optimizes the size of each frame and the document. The Auto
Crop option will create the minimum size needed to accommodate all of the objects in the
document.
Antialiasing: Objects from the Canvas document will be rendered with an overall
softened effect.
Quality: This option affects the compression of the images. Move the slider bar to the
right to lower the image quality or to the left to increase the compression, thus improving
image quality.
Using text files
Text is a standard format for files containing only ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) encoded characters.
Text format is available on nearly every computer platform; it’s the “plain vanilla” format, the lowest
common denominator for words and numbers. Text files don’t include proprietary or application-
specific character or formatting codes. Some punctuation marks, symbols, and all accented letters
are non-ASCII characters that display incorrectly when used in text files. Still, ASCII text can be used
to transfer text among a variety of applications, including text editors, word processors, and
databases.
When you open a text file, Canvas creates one text object containing the file’s contents, and assigns
the default font and text formatting attributes to it. If the file contains more text than can fit in the
Canvas workspace, Canvas truncates the text object and displays an overflow indicator. You can then
flow the truncated text into other columns.
Using Object Linking and Embedding
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) lets you easily exchange graphics among programs. Since
Canvas provides full OLE support, objects you exchange retain their full functionality and are editable
with all the tools of the original application.
Windows programs provide various levels of OLE support. In OLE parlance, Canvas is a fully capable
object and containerapplication. Briefly, this means Canvas can transfer objects to and from other
programs through OLE.
In the world of OLE, objects created in Canvas are identified as “Canvas Drawing” objects. If you use
the Insert Object command in another application, you should be able to select “Canvas Drawing” as
a type of object to insert.
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