User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Certain slice properties are available in the Properties bar when a slice is selected.
Slice properties
Change slice’s index
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Change the index of any selected slice. This function could be necessary
if the index is part of the slice’s name when using either the ‘#’ or ‘&’
formatting symbol. It is available only if one slice has been selected.
First select the Change slices index to box. Enter either a number or
choose one of the existing indices available in the menu.
Naming Slice name: Enter the name of the slice or choose one of the values
from the menu. [current] indicates that the name won’t be changed.
[default] means the default name is used. [document] is the current
document’s name. This keyword can be combined with the [page]
keyword and with (&) or (#) formatting marks or with other text. Names
like [document]_[page]_slice_## are legal and may be used. [page]
represents the current page name. This keyword can be combined with
the [document] keyword and with (&) or (#) formatting marks.
# denotes the index of the slice. By using this setting, the index will be
formatted as a number. More than one of these marks may be used; e.g.,
if you type “Image_###” and the index of the image is 7, then the name
of the image would be “Image_007.” Otherwise, if only one mark is used,
then the name would be “Image_7.” This mark (or a set of them) can be
used only once in the name and it is mutually exclusive when using the
(&) as a formatting mark.
& represents the index of the slice, but it is formatted as a letter. More
than one of these marks may be used to format a text designation that
contains more than one letter; e.g., if you type “Image_&&&” and the
index of the image is 7, then the name of the image is “Image_aag.”
Otherwise, if only one mark is used, then the name would be “Image_g .”
This mark (or a set of them) can be used only once in the name and it is
mutually exclusive when using the (#) as a formatting mark.
If more than one slice is selected, then a name with either (#) or
(&) formatting mark is required since each slice must have a
unique name.
Use ASCII characters only and ensure that the name doesn’t contain a
space between the characters.
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