User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Drawing basics
This section describes how to draw and resize vector objects. The Canvas drawing tools let you easily
draw basic shapes—lines, rectangles, ovals, and arcs — and create precise squares, circles, and
straight lines. Specialized tools let you draw grids, stars, polygons, concentric circles, cubes, and
spirals.
Drawing basic shapes
In Canvas you can quickly draw simple shapes using the following drawing tools:
Line
Rectangle
Oval
Each of these tools belongs to a tool palette containing additional similar drawing tools.
To open a tool palette:
Click a tool in the Toolbox.
To float a tool palette:
Press Shift and drag the tool palette away from the Toolbox.
Drawing lines, rectangles, squares, ovals, circles, and arcs
To draw simple lines, rectangles, squares, ovals, circles, and arcs:
1. Click one of the drawing tools in the Toolbox.
2. Click in your document and drag to draw the shape (or press Shift and drag).
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