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If you selected Show Place Cursor in the dialog box, the
Place cursor appears. Position the Place cursor in the open docu-
ment where you want the top-left corner of the placed file to be. If
you did not select Show Place Cursor, Canvas inserts the file
after you click OK.
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Click to place the file at its original size; Canvas inserts the
upper-left corner of the file at the point you click. To define the
dimensions of the file youre placing, drag to create a bounding
box. Canvas inserts the file and scales it to fit the bounding box.
Options for placing files
When you place a file, the Place Options dialog box lets you specify
how the placed file should be added to the current document.
When you place one Canvas document type (Illustration, Publication,
Animation, or Presentation) into another document type, Canvas con-
verts the placed pages, sheets, or slides to the format of the current
document.
Document pages (and sheets or slides) can be added to the current
document, along with their layers.
In the Place Options dialog box, you can select the following options,
and then click OK to place the document.
Place on Current Layer
Places the files objects on the current
layer of the current page. No pages or layers are created in the current
document.
Show Place Cursor
Select this option if you want to set the position
or size of placed items on the current page. After you click OK in the
Place Options dialog box, a place pointer appears. Click to set the
position of the upper-left corner of the placed items, or drag to
enclose an area in which you want the placed items to fit.
Add Layers to Current Page
Places the documents layers as new
layers on the current page in the current document.
Add New Pages
Places the documents pages and layers as new
pages and layers in the current document.
Select
Click to choose specific pages or layers to place. A dialog
box lists the available items. Shift-click two items to select a range.
Command-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows) to select multiple
items and toggle selected items. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Place pointer