User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide

To create an empty text object:

Select the Text Object tool.

When you move into the document window, the pointer is an I-beam with an arrow.

2. Drag to set the width and length of a rectangular text object.

3. Canvas deselects the Text Object tool and either selects the Selection tool or Text tool.

4. Double-click in the text object to select the Text tool. The new text object is in edit mode with

an insertion point at the top of the column.

You can begin typing in the new text object immediately. Press Esc to exit text editing mode and

select the text object. Press Esc to deselect the text object.

Positioning text objects

Arrange text objects the same way you arrange other types of objects. Drag text objects with the

mouse, resize them by dragging a selection handle, “nudge” text objects with keyboard arrow keys,

and set coordinates and dimensions in the Properties bar.

Tools and options for two-byte and vertical text

A special preference, Enable two-byte script, appears in the Type manager of the Configuration

Center if your system is capable of using two-byte languages (see "Preferences for two-byte text

entry" on page 123). Depending on the amount of text in your documents, activating the two-byte

text preference might slow down text editing.

You must quit and restart Canvas to activate or deactivate the two-byte text preference.

For Windows ME, 2000, and XP, the operating system supports almost any language setting,

including Japanese.

When you activate the two-byte text preference, Canvas selects the metric measurement system by

default. Select another system for measurement units by choosing Layout | Rulers (see "Setting up

rulers" on page 74). The “two-byte” preference also can make available several tools and options that

let you create vertical text objects (with or without two-byte fonts), and use an entry window for

typing two-byte characters. These tools and options are described in this section.

Available two-byte text tools and options

When the two-byte preference is active, the following items appear:

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