User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To place text using the same margins as the original file, click the Place icon in the document. If the
file you are importing contains text only (no images or objects), you can also drag the Place pointer to
simultaneously import and set margins for the text. However, if the file you want to import has
images or objects, dragging the Place icon scales the text, images, and objects as a group.
To place text into sections:
To create sections in a document, see "Creating columns" on page 568. Use the Place command to
place text from a text file into a section.
1. Select the Text tool and click at the top of the first column in the section. An insertion point
appears in the column at the height where you clicked.
2. Choose File | Place. Select the text file you want to place and click Place. The text from the
text file appears in the section and flows from column to column.
If the final column in a section contains overset text, you can flow the text into another text object or
section, or resize the section to contain the overset text (see "Flowing overset text into new text
columns" on page 572).
To paste text into a section:
After you create a section, you can paste text from the Clipboard to create text columns (see
"Creating columns" on page 568).
1. Use the Edit | Copy command to place text on the Clipboard.
2. Select the Text tool and click at the top of the first column in the section. An insertion point
appears in the column at the height where you clicked.
3. Choose Edit | Paste. The text on the Clipboard appears in the section and flows from column
to column.
If the final column in a section contains overset text, you can flow the text into another text object or
section, or resize the section to contain the overset text (see "Flowing overset text into new text
columns" on page 572).
Exporting text from Canvas documents
Copy text from Canvas and paste it into other applications using the Clipboard. In addition, you can
use the Canvas file filters to save selections and documents in other file formats (see "File & data
exchange" on page 129). Keep in mind that if you save a document containing text and use a format
that supports only raster images, Canvas rasterizes the text before saving the file, so you can’t edit it
in the saved file.
Also, several Canvas typographic capabilities aren’t available in other applications; e.g., character
inks and strokes, text typed on a path, and wrapped text are unlikely to convert reliably. In some
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