User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Style Select a option for the scale bar’s appearance.
Font Select a font for the scale bar. Select Title to indicate the current
document scale above the scale bar. If Title is enabled, you can control
the point size. Use the Text control to change the point size for the
scale bar labels.
Using the alignment grid
You can display a grid of vertical and horizontal lines to aid in positioning objects in a document. You
can also turn on the snap-to-grid feature to make Canvas snap objects into alignment with the grid
when you drag near a grid line.
When snap-to-grid is active, the pointer movements snap to the grid according to the settings in the
Grids manager.
To display grids:
Do one of the following:
Select the Grids check box in the Properties bar.
Choose Layout | Display | Show Grids.
To turn off grids:
Do one of the following:
Deselect the Grids check box in the Properties bar.
Choose Layout | Display | Hide Grids.
To turn on snap-to-grid:
Choose Layout | Snap To | Grid. Choose the command again to turn off snap-to-grid.
To temporarily override the grid constraint:
Press Tab as you create, resize, or move objects.
To set up the alignment grid:
1. Choose Layout | Grids.
2. In the Grids manager, enter a value in the Line Distance X: Units text box.
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