User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
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Using Multiple Master PostScript fonts
The PDF Export filter can’t embed Multiple Master fonts. If a Multiple Master font is used in a
document, the PDF filter exports all standard properties of the font; however, it will not embed the
actual data of the font, regardless of the current setting in the PDF Export dialog box.
Presentations
You can create Canvas presentations that can be played by other Canvas users or self-running slide
shows.
Creating slide shows
When creating a presentation in Canvas, you can save the presentation in two ways:
Canvas file (.CVX): If you save it as a .CVX file, the presentation can be opened by another
Canvas user.
Canvas Slide Show (.EXE): An .EXE file is a self-running application that can only be
executed on a Windows platform. You don’t need Canvas to run this file (see "To play the
slide show (.EXE):" on page 732).
Remember to first save your presentation as a Canvas file so you can make changes to the
original file and view the presentation on either platform.
To create a slide show:
1. Choose File | New and select Presentation as the Type of Document.
2. Use the Document Layout palette to add slides, layers, and specify various options that affect
how the slide show is played (see "Using the Document Layout palette" on page 85 and "Slide
options" on page 731).
3. Open the Slide Show palette by choosing Layout | Slide Show (see "Slide Show palette" on
page 728).
Slide Show palette
You’ll need to access the Slide Show palette if you want to build a slide show or view a slide show.
Choose Layout | Slide Show to open the palette. This is a floating palette that can be kept open to
create, configure, and play slide shows.
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