User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To insert header and footer text objects:
Choose Text | Insert | Header or Text | Insert | Footer. Canvas creates the text object, and places it in
edit mode.
Inserting dates, times, and page numbers
Insert date, time, and page number codes in header and footer text objects. Canvas will update the
values for these codes each time it redraws the screen, unless the Date Stamp and Time Stamp
commands are used. Canvas uses the date and time as set in the operating system.
Refer to your system documentation for information on setting the current date and time.
You can insert the current date and time in text objects (see "Text objects" on page 560); however,
Canvas does not update this text since it is “stamped” into the document as regular text. You can
change page number (symbol $P) and total page count (symbol $T) displayed by adding a simple
formula to them.
You can apply text formatting or Type Styles (see "Working with type styles" on page 605) to the
date, time, and page codes; e.g., change fonts, type sizes, and justification, as you would apply
formatting to normal text with the Text menu, Properties bar, or Type palette.
When entering the formula, remember the following:
The formula can contain only “+” and “-” as operators or numbers. Do not use spaces
between the characters.
The formula may be of any length, but it must be in a formula format.
To insert the date, time, or page number:
With a header or footer object in edit mode, choose Text | Insert (see "Date and time commands"
on page 604 and "Page numbering commands" on page 605).
Date and time commands
To insert In this type of object Do this
Updating date code Header or footer Choose Insert | Date, or type $d
Date stamp Any text object Choose Insert | Date Stamp
Updating time code Header or footer Choose Insert | Time, or type $e
Time stamp Any text object Choose Insert | Time Stamp
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