User Guide

Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes
In some cases, you can select parts of objects; e.g., you can select an anchor point within a vector
object, a word within a text object, and an image area within a paint object. Selection techniques for
various types of objects are described in the drawing, text editing, and image editing sections of the
manual.
Selecting objects with Selection tools
Selection tool: Select this tool when you need to Select a single object. To select multiple
objects, you can Shift-click.
Direct Edit Selection tool: This tool allows you to select all curve- edit points of an object in
one step. Click this tool and then click on a vector object to place that object into edit mode.
Direct Group Selection tool: Using this tool, you may select individual objects within a
group without the need to ungroup the object.
Lasso Selection tool: Select this tool and then encircle or draw a line around an object or
series of objects. Doing this will select all of the objects that are touching the selection. You
can also use this tool to select objects by simply drawing a line through them.
Direct Edit Lasso tool: You can quickly edit any path point of an object by enclosing it with
this tool. This feature places the object or objects into edit mode and highlights the edit
points that fall inside the selection area drawn by the Direct Edit Lasso Tool. Likewise, you
may also draw a line through an object to allow editing of a path point.
To select one object:
1. Click a selection tool in the Toolbox.
2. Click an object.
To select multiple objects:
Do one of the following:
Hold down Shift, and click each object you want to select.
Hold down the right mouse button and click multiple objects to select them.
With the Selection tool, drag a selection box around objects to select them. Canvas
selects all objects inside the selection box.
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