User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Using selection sets
Click the arrows to expand the palette to work with selection sets, which let you broaden a search.
Selection criteria symbols make up a selection set. The current selection set is boxed. Changing
selection options updates this selection set. Click a set to make it the current selection set.
Or: Click to create an empty selection set.
Copy: Click to duplicate the current selection set.
Clear: Click to delete the current selection set. With only one set, Clear is unavailable.
Copying, cutting, pasting, and deleting objects
Once you select one or more objects, you can perform various basic editing functions. The following
are the basic editing commands in the Edit menu:
Command Result
Copy Copies a selection to the Clipboard
Cut Removes a selection and places it on the Clipboard
Clear Removes a selection without changing the Clipboard
Duplicate Copies a selection into the same document without changing the
Clipboard
Duplicate with
Transform
Creates copies of objects that have been skewed, rotated, or offset.
Paste Places the Clipboard contents into the active document
Paste and Place Places the Clipboard contents into the active document with the upper-
left corner at the point where you click
Copying objects to the Clipboard
The Clipboard is a part of the system that temporarily stores selected objects when you choose the
Copy or Cut command. The Clipboard stores the results of one editing action (which can include
multiple objects). Whatever is on the Clipboard is replaced by the next selection you place there,
including a selection placed by using the Cut or Copy command in another application.
You can bypass the Clipboard by using the Duplicate command to quickly copy a selected
object in the same document without replacing the Clipboard contents.
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