User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To create sections with the Column Guides command:
1. Go to the page where you want to place a new section and choose Layout | Column Guides.
2. In the Column Guides dialog box, select a preset column arrangement or define custom
columns. In the Apply To menu, choose where to place the new section. See "Column Guides
dialog box" on page 569.
3. Click OK to create a new section with the current settings.
If the document contains no sections, Canvas creates one or more new sections, according to the
Apply To setting.
To create a section with the Section tool:
1.
Select the Section tool.
The cursor changes to a crosshair.
2. Drag the crosshair in the document.
3. In the Column Guides dialog box, select options for the section. Select preset column guides
or specify a custom setup (see "Column Guides dialog box" on page 569).
4. Click OK to create a new section with the current settings.
Modifying sections with the Section tool
Use the Section tool to move, resize, and modify sections.
To move a section:
Drag it with the Section tool. When you move a section, text objects contained in the section move
with the section.
Unlike vector, paint, and text objects, you can’t use the Selection tool to modify a section.
To resize a section:
Do one or more of the following:
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