User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Matching documents to printer pages
Selecting “From Printer” in the Document Setup dialog box tells Canvas to use the page information
from the Page Setup dialog box. Canvas sets the orientation and dimensions In the Document Setup
dialog box to match the selected page size.
When From Printer is selected and you change the page settings, Canvas changes the dimensions of
the document to match. You can choose File | Page Setup to change the paper size, or its orientation;
Canvas will update the dimensions of the document and you do not have to choose Layout | Document
Setup.
When the document type is Illustration, and you select From Printer, the document size is equal to
the printable area or page boundary of the paper selected in the Page Setup dialog box. For all other
document types, the document size is equal to the paper size, rather than the page boundary.
If working with a large document, you can define a printable area (see "Troubleshooting
document printing" on page 67). You can then toggle the Printable area option in the
Properties bar.
On most printers, the page boundary is smaller than the paper size. Illustration documents are sized
to the page boundary, so illustrations will fit on the paper without being scaled. You should note that
the page boundary on many printers is not centered exactly on the paper.
Canvas takes scaling into account when it sets the document dimensions and you specify a scaling
factor in the Page Setup dialog box; e.g., if you specify 50% scaling, the document size will be twice
the page size (or twice the page boundary size in an Illustration).
To see or hide the page boundary, you can toggle the Breaks option in the Properties bar.
Canvas indicates the page boundary by a solid line around the border of the page.
When From Printer is selected, Canvas checks the Page Setup information each time you open the
document. If necessary, it adjusts the document’s dimensions to match the page information.
Setting up rulers
You can set up rulers for a document using various units of measure and display the rulers at the top
and left of the document window. Rulers help you track the pointer’s movement and let you create
alignment guides in the layout area.
When you create a new document, you can also set the document’s drawing scale. Canvas bases the
rulers and all object measurements on the drawing scale. Canvas uses scale measurements in the
Object Specs palette, Properties bar, and in Dimension objects. You can also change these settings
for the document in the Configuration Center (see "Setting preferences" on page 97).
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