User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
We suggest that you preview your work in a browser to ensure that your document will appear
correctly. Also, remember that an image may appear differently when it is viewed on other platforms.
Slice Creator
Slice Selector
The tools that you need to use are the Slice Creator and the Slice Selector. The creation and
manipulation of slices can only be accomplished when either of these two tools are activated.
The slicing tools lets you optimize and export any Canvas object for use on the Web. In addition, you
can assign a URL to a specific slice (see "About hyperlinks and hypertext" on page 690).
If you are new to slicing, then you need to know that Canvas contains default settings that allow you
to quickly perform the slicing function. In other words, you may immediately begin slicing an image
and Canvas will assign default settings; however, so that you can achieve the optimal results, we
suggest that you review Slicer Preferences (see "Slicer preferences" on page 700).
By using the Slicer Preferences prior to exporting an HTML table, you can efficiently manage your
slices and significantly reduce the likelihood of potential problems. The procedure for properly
setting up the export of your slices into an HTML table is detailed later in this section.
Slicer preferences
Double-click the Slice Creator icon or Slice Selector icon to open the Slicer Preferences in the
Configuration Center.
General options Name template: Assign a name to the slice template. This default name
is shared by all of the slices. The name specified here must always use
one of the formatting marks (either “# ” for numbers or “&” for a letter).
If these marks aren’t used, then the application automatically adds a (#)
to the end of the name. Other formatting keywords, such as [document]
and [page] or a combination of these keywords, could be used together
with the formatting marks. Additional naming information will be
provided later in this section. A default name is automatically applied to a
template if you don’t enter one; however, if a Web page is going to have
more than one HTML table (which will contain a sliced image), then it’s a
good idea to assign a unique template name before exporting the slices.
Split preference: Choose a way of splitting overlapped slices. By
default, slices are split without any preference. In that case, Canvas
automatically designates where or how to split an overlapping slice.
You may edit the default by selecting either vertical or horizontal as your
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