User Guide

Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes
To send or copy objects to another location:
1. Select the objects, and then do one of the following:
Choose Object | Arrange | Send to Layers to move objects to new locations.
Choose Object | Arrange | Copy to Layers to copy objects to new locations.
2. In the Layer Select dialog box, click one or more layers to designate them as the destination
for the selected objects.
3. Click Select. Canvas copies or moves the selected objects to the destination layer or layers.
Locking and unlocking objects
When you want to secure objects from unintentional changes, you can lock them. Once an object is
locked, it can only be selected by Tab-clicking the object. However, if the “Canvas 6-style object
locking” option in the Configuration Center is selected, you can select locked objects by clicking on
them. Locked objects can be copied, but the copies won’t be locked.
To lock or unlock objects:
1. Select the objects that you want to lock or unlock.
2. Choose Object | Lock or Object | Unlock (Unlock All, if no objects are selected).
How commands affect locked objects
If you apply the Align command to several selected objects, and one object is locked, the other
objects align to the locked object.
If you group several objects and one of the objects is locked, all the objects are positioned behind the
locked object in the stacking order.
Aligning and distributing objects
In Canvas you can quickly and easily align or distribute selected objects from the Align menu, the
Properties bar, or the Align palette.
To open the Align palette:
Choose Window | Palettes | Align.
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