CHAPTER
10
DOCUMENT BASICS
Canvas documents are the containers for your work. You can create
and save vector drawings, text, raster images and effects in Illustra-
tion, Publication, Presentation and Animation documents.
This chapter describes the basics of working with Canvas documents,
including how to open, save, view, and print them.
Opening Canvas documents
You use the Open command to open Canvas documents. The general
procedure is the same for opening Canvas documents and any other
type of file that Canvas supports. See on-line Help for complete
information on options for other file formats.
To open a file
1
Choose File > Open. Canvas displays a standard dialog box for
you to select a file to open.
2
Select a file format to display one type of file in the current
folder.
3
Select the file to open. Canvas displays a preview if the
selected document contains a preview.
4
Click Open.
To open a document you worked with recently: Choose the
document name from the list of recently opened documents in the
File menu.
To start Canvas and open a document simultaneously: Dou-
ble-click a Canvas document icon in a folder or directory on your
system. The program starts and the document opens.
Options for opening Canvas files
When you choose Open, a directory dialog box lets you select a file
in the scroll list and see a preview. On Mac, previews require Quick-
Time.
Documents opened recently
are listed in the file menu.