Applying text formats Canvas provides three ways to format text: the Text menu, the Text Ruler, and the floating Type palette. The Text menu and Text Ruler provide basic formatting options, while the Type palette provides advanced controls and features. You might find that the Type palette and Text Ruler are easier to use because you can keep them open as you edit a document. However, using menu commands can help to familiarize you with the hotkey shortcuts and make text formatting quicker. When you use menu commands or the Text Ruler to apply format- ting, the settings you choose affect the document immediately. How- ever, when you use the Type palette, the settings take effect when you click Apply. You do not have to click Apply before switching to another tab within the Type palette; Canvas remembers all changes and applies them simultaneously with one click. Depending on the text selection you make, the format settings you choose can be applied to existing text, stored as the preset for new text objects, or applied to text you are about to type. To format existing text You can change the formatting of existing text by selecting a text object or a portion of text within the object. To apply character formatting to existing text:  Select the characters you want to change. Using Text menu commands, the Type palette, or the Text Ruler, choose the formatting you want to apply. To apply paragraph formatting to existing text:  Select text in the paragraph you want to change, or place the insertion point any- where in the paragraph. Using Text menu commands, the Type pal- ette, or the Text Ruler, choose the formatting you want to apply. To establish formatting for new text objects When you create a new text object, Canvas applies a preset format to text you type. You can define the preset format for new text objects. To establish or modify the preset, follow these steps: 1 Be sure you have not selected any text or text objects, and no text objects are in edit mode. To deselect all objects, press Enter (Mac) or Esc (Windows) twice. Tip You must apply or save the new settings before clicking the pointer anywhere outside the Type palette. If you don’t, the settings will be lost.
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