User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Printable area: If you have set a print area, then only the area within the print area is
printed. You can toggle the printable area by selecting its check box in the Properties bar.
Closing documents
When you close a document, Canvas removes the document window from the screen. Closing a
document doesn’t save it (Canvas will warn you if you try to close a document that has changed).
To close a Canvas document:
Choose File | Close. You can also click the Close button in the document’s title bar to close the
document.
Document setup
When you create a new Canvas document, you select a document type. Then you specify the
document size and other options.
This section explains how to create new documents and how to set up document rulers, drawing
scales, guides, and alignment grids.
Creating new documents
In Canvas, you can create several different types of documents: Illustrations, Publications,
Presentations, and Animations.
There are two ways to create a new document:
Startup dialog box: When you first start Canvas, you can create a new document from the
Startup dialog box. The new document opens immediately. You can then use the
Configuration Center to change document attributes such as the document units and
drawing scale.
Inside Canvas: If you have Canvas open already, you can create a new document from the
File | New menu or by clicking the New Document icon. The New Document dialog box opens
so that you can set the document attributes immediately.
To create a new document from the Startup dialog box:
In the Startup dialog box, click a document type.
If you don't see the Startup dialog box, choose Window | Show Startup.
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