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Canvas 12 User Guide - ACDSee

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<strong>Canvas</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Editing objects<br />

All types of objects in <strong>Canvas</strong> can be easily modified. In general, you place an object in edit mode to<br />

modify it.<br />

Edit mode lets you use various features to edit each type of object; e.g., when a text object is in edit<br />

mode, use word-processing features to select, cut, copy, paste, and edit text. When a vector object<br />

is in edit mode, you can modify anchor points and segments to reshape its path. When a paint object<br />

is in edit mode, you can use painting tools and commands to modify the image it contains.<br />

Some other objects, including spirals, EasyShapes, objects that have transparency masks, and<br />

SpriteEffects, have special editing modes (besides their standard edit modes); e.g., if you place a<br />

vector object in edit mode, you can edit the object’s path. If the object also has a transparency mask,<br />

you can edit its path in path edit mode, or use the Sprite tool to edit its transparency mask in mask<br />

edit mode.<br />

To place objects in edit mode:<br />

Select an object and choose Object | Edit | Object to place it in object edit mode or double-click<br />

the object.<br />

To exit edit mode:<br />

Press the Esc key.<br />

Selecting and editing objects with the context menu<br />

Use the context menu to select an object or place an object in edit mode. The context menu can make<br />

it easier to select and edit objects that are covered by other objects.<br />

To display the context menu:<br />

Right-click the object.<br />

To select objects using the context menu:<br />

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1. When no objects are selected or in edit mode, point to the object you want to select. If the<br />

object is hidden behind other objects, point to its location.<br />

2. Choose Select | Object Name in the context menu. <strong>Canvas</strong> selects the object whose name you<br />

choose in the Select submenu. Choose a vector, text, paint, or group object.

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