User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
Preventing changes to character attributes
On the Character tab in the Type palette, you can lock the current font, type size, and font style to
prevent accidental changes. This feature is especially useful when several people are using the same
Canvas document. In addition, you can also use this feature to selectively exempt sections of text
from global formatting changes. Once you lock a setting, no one can change it without first unlocking
it.
To lock character attributes:
1. Click the Character tab on the Type palette.
2. Change any font, size, or style attributes at this time.
3.
Click the Lock button to the right of the attribute.
4. Click Apply. Canvas first applies the new font attributes, then locks the new attributes.
Text editing & proofing
You can insert, search, replace, move, delete, copy, and spell check text in Canvas documents. This
section describes how to navigate through text for editing, make text selections, and use spelling
tools and the Find feature for text search-and-replace.
Text edit mode
To edit text, you must put a text object in edit mode. In edit mode, you can revise, delete, insert, and
select specific text. Only one object is in text edit mode at a time.
Entering text edit mode
Put a text object in edit mode with the Text tool or Selection tool. When a text object is in edit mode,
the text object becomes opaque, the selection handles disappear, and a flashing insertion point
appears. Also, the Text tool becomes the active tool.
To enter edit mode using the Text tool:
Select the Text tool and click in a text object. An insertion point appears where you click, and you
can begin typing or editing.
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