User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Statistics by property dialog box
Scope Select the scope of the view:
Layer: Displays statistics for objects on the current layer.
Selection:Displays statistics for objects that are currently
selected.
Table View:
Property Select an object property.
Expression Click this button to open the Expression Builder dialog box to create a
query.
Statistics This section indicates the statistics for the selected property.
Show StdDev Select this check box to show the standard deviation. The standard
deviation appears as a dotted line.
Show Mean Select this check box to show the average value for the selected property
within the scope.
Columns Select the number of columns to display in the histogram.
Palette menu You can select one of the following options:
Copy statistics (as text): Copies the statistics as text to the
clipboard. You can then paste it into your document.
Copy selected statistics value (as text): Copies the selected
value as text to the clipboard. You can then paste it into your
document.
Place histogram (as Canvas objects): Places the histogram in
the upper left corner of the layout area.
Calculating values
You can calculate values for a custom property in the Object Properties Table View palette.
To calculate values:
1. In the Object Properties Table View palette, click a column heading and choose Calculate
Values.
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