User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
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All other paragraphs Place the insertion point in a paragraph, or select a paragraph. You
can also select multiple consecutive paragraphs.
A new paragraph you
are about to type
Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph.
The preset format Deselect all objects. Canvas will apply drop caps to the first
paragraph of all new text objects you create with the Text tool.
4. Configure the drop cap options described below.
5. Click Apply.
Drop cap settings
Lines Specify the number of lines you want the drop caps to occupy. This
determines the vertical height of the drop cap.
Characters Specify the number of characters to enlarge for drop caps. Canvas
always applies this setting beginning with the first character in a
paragraph.
Inserting headers and footers
You can add header and footer text objects using commands in the Text | Insert menu. Headers and
footers are special text objects that can contain codes for the current date, current time, and page
number, in addition to text you type. Canvas updates the date, time, and page number codes each
time it redraws the screen.
In Publication documents, Canvas inserts headers at the top of the publication layout area (above the
page margins) and footers at the bottom of the publication layout area (below the page margins). In
other documents, Canvas places the header in the upper left corner of the page and the footer in the
lower left corner.
Both types of objects initially span the width of the page, but you can resize and move them just like
other text objects.
You can’t add headers and footers in edit mode, press Esc to end text editing.
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