User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Text entry & layout
Typing text in a document
Canvas has a full range of text and typography features that let you integrate text with illustrations
and images. You can enter, format, edit, and arrange text in Canvas. You can also import text files
and use Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) to place text in documents. To help you edit and proof
text, Canvas provides spell-checking and text-searching tools.
Depending on the circumstance, use either the Text tool or Vertical Text tool to type text into a
document.
The Vertical Text tool is designed for Japanese and other languages with vertical text. For information
on the Vertical Text tool and other features for working with two-byte languages, see "Tools and
options for two-byte and vertical text" on page 564. Remember that the Vertical Text tool does not
appear unless the Enable two-byte script check box is selected on the Type page of the Text manager
in the Configuration Center (see "Setting preferences" on page 97).
Text objects
All text in a Canvas document is contained in objects called text objects. Text objects can contain a
single character or line of text, or thousands of words, sentences, and paragraphs.
Dimension objects contain dimension text (see "Using the Dimensioning tools" on page
358).
Text tools
The Text tool palette contains the tools you use to create text objects and edit text.
Text: Use the Text tool to create text objects and edit text.
Text Object: Use the Text Object tool to draw fixed text objects for page layouts.
Text Link: Use the Text Link tool to link text objects to create text flows.
Text Unlink: Use the Text Unlink tool to break text object links.
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