User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Using type styles
Once you’ve created your document’s type styles, you can start applying them, modifying their
attributes, and deleting them from the document. All these processes are done with the Type palette.
Applying type styles
You can apply type styles with the Type palette. Applying type styles with the Type palette is similar
to applying individual character or paragraph formats; however, instead of configuring settings on
each of the tabs in the palette, simply choose style names from the menu on the Type palette.
The menu displays the current type style name. The C and ¶ icons indicate if the style is a character
or paragraph style, or both. If “+++” appears to the right of a style name, the style has been
modified but not saved. If you choose a style in the menu when “+++” appears next to the current
style, you will lose the modifications to the style. Therefore, if you want to use the settings again, you
must save the modified style with a new name before applying other styles.
To apply a style to selected text or text objects with Type palette:
1. Select the text or text objects to which you want to apply a style.
2. Choose a style in the menu on the Type palette.
3. Click Apply.
If the text you selected already had a style applied, Canvas replaces the style with the style you
choose. In addition, if you apply a paragraph style with font attributes to highlighted text, the font
attributes affect the selection only, and the paragraph attributes affect the entire paragraph.
To use a type style as the current format setting:
1. Deselect all text objects by pressing Esc, if necessary.
2. Choose a style in the menu on the Type palette.
3. Click Apply. Canvas formats new text objects with the specified style.
Tips on using type styles
By putting some forethought into the purpose and design of type styles, you ensure that you are
using this feature effectively. This planning will be especially useful when editing styles and
documents, allowing you to make a few modifications that update entire documents.
Design a template. If several people need to use the styles, save the styles in a template document.
This way, everyone uses a common source for the styles.
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