User Guide

Canvas 12 Getting Started Guide
The brush icon shows the foreground color, and the bucket
icon shows the background color.
You can use any solid color for painting, including multicolored inks, such as gradients, symbols, textures,
pattern, or hatch inks. Alternatively, you can use the Color Dropper tool to select a color from the paint object you
are editing.
To select a color for painting:
1. Click the foreground or background color icon in the Toolbox.
2. In the Presets palette, on the Ink tab, click on an ink type and select a color.
To select the background color from a paint object:
1.
Select the Color Dropper tool from the Toolbox.
2. Click a color in the paint object or image.
The background color changes in the Toolbox.
To select the foreground color from a paint object:
1. Select the Color Dropper tool from the Toolbox.
2. Right-click a color in the paint object or image.
The foreground color changes in the Toolbox.
Adding Text
Canvas has a full range of text and typography features that let you integrate text with illustrations and images.
You can enter, format, edit, and arrange text in Canvas. You can also import text files and use Object Linking and
Embedding (OLE) to place text in documents. To help you edit and proof text, Canvas provides spell-checking and
text-searching tools.
Text Tools
The Text tool palette contains the tools you use to create text objects and edit text.
Text: Use the Text tool to create text objects and edit text.
Text Object: Use the Text Object tool to draw fixed text objects for page layouts.
Text Link: Use the Text Link tool to link text objects to create text flows.
Text Unlink: Use the Text Unlink tool to break text object links.
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