User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To edit an object:
Click on the Data tab to view and edit data for selected objects. The Data tab displays information
for a selected object or group object. If you select a group object, you can change the group’s
size and coordinates, but not an individual object within the group.
When more than one object is selected, the boxes on the Data tab are not available. You
can’t edit the position or dimensions of multiple selected objects.
1. On the Data tab, choose an object type from the Object Type drop-down.
2. Enter values for the object’s size and position in the text boxes. The type of data you can
enter depends on the object type.
3. Click Apply.
Data tab settings
This tab includes object size and position data and related options. Additional options are shown for
text objects. The text options let you change the shape of a text object or change the way text wraps
in its bounding box.
Object type For a selected object, shows the object type, usually an icon of the tool
that created the object. To modify an object, select oval, rectangle, arc,
line, or polygon.
Data type Select the type of data to display (see "Data display options" on page
199).
When an object is selected, change the values in the text boxes to resize
or reposition the selected object. If Keep Proportions is checked, Canvas
maintains the proportion of the object if you change either the height or
width.
Position data The type of data that appears in the boxes, and their labels, depends on
the selected data display option (see "Position data" on page 200).
Area Shown when Canvas can calculate the area occupied by a selected
object’s bounding box. When you select text, the horizontal insets text
box replaces the Area text box.
Perimeter Shown when Canvas can calculate the perimeter, or distance around, a
selected object’s bounding box. When you select text, the vertical insets
text box replaces the Perim text box.
Object # The object number assigned by Canvas.
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