User Guide

Canvas 12 Quick Reference
Text and typography
Action Shortcut
Scale all text in a selected text object Press Alt and drag a handle on the text object
Open the Type palette Ctrl + T or double-click Text tool icon
Force a line break without creating a new paragraph
(insert a soft return)
Press Shift+Return
Move insertion point to...
Start of word Ctrl + left arrow key
End of word Ctrl + right arrow key
Start of a line Ctrl+up arrow key
End of line Ctrl+down arrow key
Up 3 lines on the left margin Press Page Up key
Down 3 lines on the right margin Press Page Down key
Select...
One character to right or left Hold down Shift and press right or left arrow key
To end or beginning of word Shift+Ctrl+right arrow key Shift+Ctrl+left arrow key
To beginning of line Shift+Ctrl+up arrow
To end of line Shift+Ctrl+down arrow
One line above or below insertion point Shift+up arrow
Shift+down arrow
Three lines above or below insertion point Shift+Page Up
Shift+Page Down
One word Double-click the word
From insertion point Shift-click at end of selection
One line Triple-click the line
All text in a text object With the insertion point in the text, press Ctrl+A
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