User Guide

Canvas 12 Getting Started Guide
Hold down Shift, and click each object you want to select.
Hold down the right mouse button and click multiple objects to select them.
With the Selection tool, drag a selection box around objects to select them. Canvas selects all objects
inside the selection box.
To select all objects on a single layer:
Choose Edit | Select All to select every object in a single-layer document.
Grouping And Ungrouping Objects
Use the Group command to unite objects that you want to keep together as one unit. You can group individual
objects as well as already-grouped objects. When you no longer want to keep a group together, separate the
original objects with the Ungroup command.
When you apply a command to a group object, the effect in most cases is the same as if you applied the command
to each object in the group individually.
To group objects:
1. Select the objects that you want to group.
2. Do one of the following:
Choose Object | Group.
In the Properties bar, click the Group button.
Canvas replaces the bounding boxes of the individual objects with a single bounding box.
After you group objects, you can select individual objects in the group with the Direct Selection tool.
To ungroup objects:
1. Select one or more grouped objects that you want to separate.
2. Do one of the following:
Choose Object | Ungroup.
In the Properties bar, click the Ungroup button.
Canvas separates the group and leaves the individual objects selected. If any of these objects are
group objects, you can ungroup them by choosing Object | Ungroup again.
Aligning And Distributing Objects
In Canvas you can quickly and easily align or distribute selected objects from the Align menu, the Properties bar,
or the Align palette.
To open the Align palette:
Choose Window | Palettes | Align.
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