User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To open a file:
1. Choose File | Open.
2. In the Open dialog box, select the file to open. Canvas displays a preview if the selected
document contains a preview.
3. Click Open.
To open a document you worked with recently:
Choose the document name from the list of recently opened documents in the File menu.
To start Canvas and open a document simultaneously:
Double-click a Canvas document icon in a folder or directory on your system. The program starts
and the document opens.
Options for opening Canvas files
When you choose Open, a directory dialog box lets you select a file in the scroll list and see a preview.
You can select “Show All Files” to list all the files in a folder. This is different than Selecting “All” in
the File Format pop-up menu, which lists all files that Canvas can open.
If you need additional help working with files, folders, and directories, refer to your Windows
documentation.
You can open more than one document at a time in Canvas. When you open a document, Canvas loads
the document into your system’s memory. You need to have enough memory available to hold the
document’s contents. Documents that contain many complex objects or large high-resolution images
require more memory than simple documents.
When you work with a document, changes you make to the document are not saved until you use the
Save or Save As commands.
Substituting fonts when opening documents
If a document you open uses fonts that aren’t available on your system, Canvas displays a dialog box
before opening the document. Use the dialog box to review which fonts are required by the document
and to select substitute fonts, or you can let Canvas select substitutes.
To substitute fonts when opening a document:
1. Select a font listed under Original Font, or Shift-click to select multiple fonts. This column
lists fonts that are specified in the document but are not available.
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