User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Canvas places the selected objects on the Clipboard.
3. Paste the Clipboard contents into other applications.
Copying selections in objects
Besides using Cut or Copy to place entire objects on the Clipboard, use these commands to place
selected parts of Canvas objects on the Clipboard.
Cut or copy the following parts of objects:
Text selections made by highlighting text in a text object.
Image selections made by defining areas, ranges of colors, or loading alpha channels in a
paint object.
Segment selections made by selecting anchor points of vector objects in path edit mode.
Pasting selections and pasting into objects
When you paste a selection, the result depends on whether an object is in edit mode at the time:
Pasting with no object in edit mode creates a new, separate object containing the selection.
Pasting with an object in edit mode usually pastes the selection into the object.
For example, if you copy a highlighted text selection, and then choose Paste when no object is in
edit mode, you create a new text object containing only the text you selected. If you choose
Paste when a text object is in edit mode, the pasted text appears at the insertion point in the text
object. If you choose Paste when a paint object is in edit mode, the selected text appears as a
floating image selection in the paint object.
Pasting into text: You can paste text into a text object in edit mode. This lets you insert
new text cut or copied from another object, and move text from one place to another while
editing a text object.
Pasting pixels into images: You can paste an image selection into a paint object in edit
mode. The pixels that you paste become a floating selection in the paint object.
Pasting objects into images: You can paste a vector object or text into a paint object in
edit mode. Canvas converts the object into pixels pasted as a floating selection in the paint
object.
Pasting and placing objects: You can use the Paste and Place command to copy objects
and position the copies anywhere in the document. Copy the objects to be pasted. Press Ctrl
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