User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To select all objects on a single layer:
Choose Edit | Select All to select every object in a single-layer document.
To select all objects on all visible layers in a multi-layer document, change the default
selection setting in the Configuration Center (see "Setting preferences" on page 97).
Selection methods
The following table gives you a quick description of all the methods for selecting objects.
To select Do this
A single object Click the object with a Selection tool.
Multiple objects Shift-click each object with a Selection tool.
Objects using a selection box Drag a box around the objects with a Selection tool.
All objects touched by a
selection box
With a selection tool, press Ctrl and drag out a box that touches
the objects.
One object within a group
object
Click the object with the Direct Group Selection tool (hollow
arrow).
No objects (deselect all
objects)
Click a Selection tool in a blank area, or press Esc.
All objects Choose Edit | Select All.
The inverse of the current
selection
Choose Edit | Invert Selection
An object behind another
object
Tab-click the object’s location until it is selected.
Unfilled object Click the object’s border, or press Tab and click inside the
object.
An object on a layer other
than the current layer, or an
object on a master page
Tab-click the object with a Selection tool.
All objects created by a
particular tool
Select the tool, then choose Edit | Select All.
Objects based on their
attributes
Choose Edit | Find.
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