User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
4. Click in the text where you want to insert the graphic. An insertion point appears where you
click.
5. Choose Text | Insert Picture. The Clipboard contents appear at the insertion point.
How inserted pictures affect leading
When you use the Insert Picture command, the leading of the paragraph might change, depending
on the Line spacing method:
If the Line spacing is defined by Percentage, Canvas adjusts the Line spacing to fit the
picture based on the defined percentage, if necessary.
If the Line spacing is defined by Points, the spacing between lines stays the same,
regardless of the size of the picture.
Line spacing set to 100%
Line spacing set to 12
points
Using dynamic objects for inserted pictures
If you want to be able to edit an inserted picture, you can insert a dynamic object into text. A dynamic
object is an object linked to an editable original in the Symbol Library palette. If you change the
624