User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
1. Select the objects and then choose Object | Move.
2. In the Move dialog box, enter values to move the object horizontally or vertically, or to change
the angle. Use negative numbers to move up and to the left. Use positive numbers to move
down and to the right.
3. Click Apply to preview or OK to implement the Move settings.
Arranging objects in the stacking order
Each object in a Canvas document is part of a stack of objects on the same layer. Each object has a
position in the stack. Unless you rearrange objects, the newest object, created or pasted, is in front
of the stack and the oldest object in the back.
Stacking order affects the appearance of objects when you view and print them. Like actual objects
placed in a stack, the front object in the stack blocks objects behind it. An object’s position in the
stack also is a factor in alignment and combining operations.
Commands in the Object | Arrange menu let you change an object’s position in the stack. Move
objects to the front or back, and move objects one level at a time toward the front or back of the
stack.
To change an object’s position in the stack:
Select the object and choose a command in the Object | Arrange menu.
Command Result
Bring to Front Moves selected objects to the front of the stack
Send to Back Moves selected objects to the back of the stack
Shuffle Up Moves selected objects one step toward the front
Shuffle Down Moves selected objects one step toward the back
Arranging objects on layers and pages
Commands in the Object | Arrange menu let you move and copy selected objects to other layers on
the same page and to layers on other pages.
The destination layer for the objects cannot be locked.
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