User Guide

Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
To create a new document from inside Canvas:
1. Do one of the following:
Choose File | New.
Click the New Document icon.
2. In the New Document dialog box, select the document type.
3. Select options for the new document.
4. Click OK.
New document options
The items that you define in this dialog box can be modified via the Properties bar or Document Setup
manager (Layout | Document Setup).
Type of document Select a type of document. Depending on your choice, the dialog box
may offer more or fewer options; i.e., Publication offers Margin
settings, rather than a Drawing scale, as well as a layout menu.
GIS Document If you are using Canvas +GIS, for ilustrations, you can select this
check box to work with a GIS document. Once you click OK, the GIS
manager opens so you can configure the GIS settings.
Drop-down list For a Publication document, select one of the following:
Full page: Creates a single page document.
Facing pages: Creates a document with pages designed to be
viewed side by side, like a spread in a magazine. A facing-pages
document has a master page with left and right pages.
Tent card: Creates a document with two landscape pages
designed to use as a tent card.
Greeting card: Creates a document with four pages designed for
use as a greeting card.
Choose document
template
Use a template instead of choosing a document type and defining page
size and orientation. Select templates for illustrations, publications, or
presentations (see "Using document templates" on page 71).
Paper Define the document size and paper unit. The maximum document size
is 2000 miles x 2000 miles. Select preset sizes, or set the document
size to the printer paper, or enter a custom size. To set up a custom
size, choose Custom and enter the width and the height. Select the
paper unit from the menu.
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