Text and Typography
Using Type Styles
Using Type Styles You can create type styles and save them to your document. When you re-open the document, your saved type style will still be accessible and modifiable. Your type style will not be available when you open other documents. Once ...
Using Type Styles
Using Type Styles You can create type styles and save them to your document. When you re-open the document, your saved type style will still be accessible and modifiable. Your type style will not be available when you open other documents. Once ...
Saving and Loading Type Styles
Saving and Loading Type Styles You can save type styles to files and then load them into other documents. This feature helps maintain consistency between documents, and lets you share type styles with other Canvas X Draw users. To Save a Type Style ...
Saving and Loading Type Styles
Saving and Loading Type Styles You can save type styles to files and then load them into other documents. This feature helps maintain consistency between documents, and lets you share type styles with other Canvas X Draw users. To Save a Type Style ...
Creating New Type Styles
Creating New Type Styles You can create two kinds of styles, character and paragraph. Use a paragraph style for an entire paragraph of text. Use a character style for a character, word, phrase, or part of a paragraph. After establishing character and ...
Creating New Type Styles
Creating New Type Styles You can create two kinds of styles, character and paragraph. Use a paragraph style for an entire paragraph of text. Use a character style for a character, word, phrase, or part of a paragraph. After establishing character and ...
Applying Vector Effects to Type
Applying Vector Effects to Type Apply the following vector effects to text objects: Envelope, Extrude, Rotate, Freeform rotate and skew, Flip, Shadow, and Path editing. Use effects to add dimension to text objects and create striking designs. This ...
Applying Vector Effects to Type
Applying Vector Effects to Type Apply the following vector effects to text objects: Envelope, Extrude, Rotate, Freeform rotate and skew, Flip, Shadow, and Path editing. Use effects to add dimension to text objects and create striking designs. This ...
Binding Text to Vector Objects
Binding Text to Vector Objects Bind the baseline of text to the path of most types of vector objects. Canvas X Draw adjusts the vertical orientation of each character to match the path. Depending on how you want to bind text, you can ...
Wrapping and Repelling Text
Wrapping and Repelling Text Make text flow around or inside objects by using the Text | Wrap commands. Wrapping Text Inside an Object When you wrap text inside a vector object, Canvas X Draw adjusts the text object’s margins so that text fits within ...
Wrapping and Repelling Text
Wrapping and Repelling Text Make text flow around or inside objects by using the Text | Wrap commands. Wrapping Text Inside an Object When you wrap text inside a vector object, Canvas X Draw adjusts the text object’s margins so that text fits within ...
Text Inks and Strokes
Text Inks and Strokes You can apply fill inks, pen inks, strokes, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes using the Fill Ink, Pen Ink, and Stroke icons in the Toolbox. You can also use the Properties bar that has icons and popout palettes that ...
Importing Text from Other Applications
Importing Text from Other Applications You can import text created in other applications into Canvas X Draw. This capability is especially useful if you are compiling documents from different applications into a Canvas X Draw layout; e.g., you might ...
Checking the Spelling of Text
Checking the Spelling of Text Canvas X Draw can check the spelling of all text in a document, including text bound to a path by the Path Text tool or the Bind Text command. Canvas X Draw can check the spelling of specific words, selections, and ...
Checking the Spelling of Text
Checking the Spelling of Text Canvas X Draw can check the spelling of all text in a document, including text bound to a path by the Path Text tool or the Bind Text command. Canvas X Draw can check the spelling of specific words, selections, and ...
Inserting Special Characters and Graphics in Text
Inserting Special Characters and Graphics in Text Sometimes it is necessary to enter special typographic symbols into text. You can insert special characters into your text. To Insert a Symbol: While in Text Edit mode, place the text I-beam at the ...
Copying, Pasting, Deleting, and Moving Text Selections
Copying, Pasting, Deleting, and Moving Text Selections You can cut and copy a text selection, and then paste the selected text in the same document, in another Canvas X Draw document, or to and from a non-Canvas X Draw document using the Clipboard. ...
Copying, Pasting, Deleting, and Moving Text Selections
Copying, Pasting, Deleting, and Moving Text Selections You can cut and copy a text selection, and then paste the selected text in the same document, in another Canvas X Draw document, or to and from a non-Canvas X Draw document using the Clipboard. ...
Text Selection and Navigation
Text Selection and Navigation Move the insertion point and select characters, words, lines, and paragraphs using the mouse or keyboard. The mouse lets you quickly select text or text objects and move the insertion point. However, if you work with a ...
Text Selection and Navigation
Text Selection and Navigation Move the insertion point and select characters, words, lines, and paragraphs using the mouse or keyboard. The mouse lets you quickly select text or text objects and move the insertion point. However, if you work with a ...
Text Edit Mode
Text Edit Mode To edit text, you must put a text object in Edit mode. In Edit mode, you can revise, delete, insert, and select specific text. Only one object is in Text Edit mode at a time. Entering Text Edit Mode Put a text object in Edit mode with ...
Inserting Headers and Footers
Inserting Headers and Footers You can add header and footer text objects using commands in the Text | Insert menu. Headers and footers are special text objects that can contain codes for the current date, current time, and page number, in addition to ...
Inserting Headers and Footers
Inserting Headers and Footers You can add header and footer text objects using commands in the Text | Insert menu. Headers and footers are special text objects that can contain codes for the current date, current time, and page number, in addition to ...
Specifying Text Flow Options
Specifying Text Flow Options You can set text flow options to avoid leaving just a few lines at the top or bottom of a column of flowed text. The term "widow" describes the first line of a paragraph that appears at the bottom of a column, and ...
Specifying Text Flow Options
Specifying Text Flow Options You can set text flow options to avoid leaving just a few lines at the top or bottom of a column of flowed text. The term "widow" describes the first line of a paragraph that appears at the bottom of a column, and ...
Adjusting Spacing and Justification
Adjusting Spacing and Justification You can adjust where your text is oriented on the page, as well as the line and word spacing. The following options are also available from the Properties bar and Context menu. To Make Letter and Line Spacing ...
Adjusting Spacing and Justification
Adjusting Spacing and Justification You can adjust where your text is oriented on the page, as well as the line and word spacing. The following options are also available from the Properties bar and Context menu. To Make Letter and Line Spacing ...
Paragraph Rules
Paragraph Rules Paragraph rules are horizontal lines that Canvas X Draw draws above a paragraph, below a paragraph, or both. You can select pen type, dash, color, length, and offset for paragraph rules. To Apply Paragraph Rules: Place the insertion ...
Using Vertical Justification
Using Vertical Justification Canvas X Draw can align text relative to the top and bottom borders of text objects. Canvas X Draw has four vertical justification, or alignment, settings: Top, Bottom, Vertical Full, and Vertical Center. Vertical ...
Using Vertical Justification
Using Vertical Justification Canvas X Draw can align text relative to the top and bottom borders of text objects. Canvas X Draw has four vertical justification, or alignment, settings: Top, Bottom, Vertical Full, and Vertical Center. Vertical ...
Setting Indents
Setting Indents You can set the amount of space between the left and right borders of a text object and the edges of each paragraph using the Properties bar or the Type palette. For text wrapped around an object, you can also use the Indents tab to ...
Applying Paragraph Formatting
Applying Paragraph Formatting In Canvas X Draw, you can control paragraph attributes, such as justification and leading. Paragraph attributes affect entire paragraphs, even if you select a single character, or place the insertion point anywhere in ...
Applying Paragraph Formatting
Applying Paragraph Formatting In Canvas X Draw, you can control paragraph attributes, such as justification and leading. Paragraph attributes affect entire paragraphs, even if you select a single character, or place the insertion point anywhere in ...
Applying Character Formatting
Applying Character Formatting Canvas X Draw gives you precise control over the appearance of each character. Set the font, type size, font style, kerning, capitalization style, scale, and baseline position using menu commands or Properties bar. ...
Positioning Tabs
Positioning Tabs You can add tabs as well as adjust margins and indents in the document ruler while a text object is selected or you are in Text Edit mode. To indicate a selected a text object or Text Edit mode, the ruler turns light blue. Margin ...
Positioning Tabs
Positioning Tabs You can add tabs as well as adjust margins and indents in the document ruler while a text object is selected or you are in Text Edit mode. To indicate a selected a text object or Text Edit mode, the ruler turns light blue. Margin ...
Specifying Spacing Between Characters
Specifying Spacing Between Characters Kerning affects the amount of space to the right of one or more characters. Kerning options can be chosen and applied with either the Properties bar or Text menu. (See Formatting Text with the Properties Bar .) ...
Specifying Spacing Between Characters
Specifying Spacing Between Characters Kerning affects the amount of space to the right of one or more characters. Kerning options can be chosen and applied with either the Properties bar or Text menu. (See Formatting Text with the Properties Bar .) ...
Applying Text Formats
Applying Text Formats Canvas X Draw provides three ways to format text: the Properties bar, Text menu, and Type palette. The Type palette is also used when you create and save paragraph and character styles to use again within a document. When you ...
Applying Text Formats
Applying Text Formats Canvas X Draw provides three ways to format text: the Properties bar, Text menu, and Type palette. The Type palette is also used when you create and save paragraph and character styles to use again within a document. When you ...
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