User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Canvas searches your document and selects every instance of the symbol.
To replace a symbol:
1. Select the symbol you want to replace in the document.
2. Select the replacement symbol in the Symbol Library palette.
3. Click Replace. The symbol in the document is replaced with the symbol selected in the
Symbol Library palette.
Managing and organizing symbols and categories
To create a new category:
1. Select an existing category in the My Symbols section of the Symbol Library palette.
2. Right-click the category and select Create Category.
3. In the Add Category dialog box, type a name for the category, then click OK.
To rename a category:
1. Double-click a category in the My Symbols section of the Symbol Library palette.
2. Type a new name for the category.
To remove a category:
1. In the Symbol Library palette, click the Symbol Library palette menu button.
2. Select Symbol Library Options.
3. Select the category you want to remove.
4. Click Delete Path.
5. Click OK.
The path to the category is removed, so the category will no longer appear in the Symbol
Library palette. However the folder and any symbols in it are not deleted. If you want to show
this category again, you can re-add the path to the category.If you no longer need the
category or symbols, you can delete the folder and symbols in Windows Explorer.
To delete a symbol:
You can delete symbols from the My Symbols section of the Symbol Library.
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