User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
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.
6. Choose File | Save As to open the Save As dialog box.
7. Enter a name in the File Name field.
8. Select either .CVX or Canvas Slide Show (.EXE) for the file format.
9. Click Save.
Viewing slide shows
Canvas Presentations that are saved as Canvas files (.CVX) can be viewed within Canvas. When you
play a Canvas Presentation, Canvas displays the document’s slides in order, using the specified
transition timing and effects.
A presentation slide show can be set to automatic mode, in which the slide show plays once and stops
or repeats continuously. Slide changes also can be controlled by an operator. Canvas can show slides
using a time interval that you specify, or you can control the pace by clicking the mouse to switch to
the next slide whenever you are ready.
To play a slide show in Canvas (.CVX):
1. Choose File | Open and find the Canvas Presentation document (.CVX).
2. Choose Layout | Slide Show to view the Slide Show palette.
3. Click Play on the palette. If “Advance Every _ Seconds” is selected, Canvas changes slides at
the specified interval. Otherwise, click to change slides. Ctrl-click to go back one slide.
4. To stop the slide show, right-click.
While playing a Slide Show within Canvas, you may view each layer in reverse order. To do
this, you must press Ctrl+Shift and click the mouse.
To play the slide show (.EXE):
If the slide show was saved as an .EXE file, you can view it as a self-running application on a
Windows platform.
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