HANDLES
(1) Small squares, usually at the corners and midpoints of
an objects bounding box, displayed when an object is selected; you
can drag handles to resize the object. (2) Small circles at the ends of
tangent lines; you can drag a handle to change the length or angle of a
tangent line.
HATCH PATTERN
Object-based fill pattern made of line groups.
HEADER
One or more lines of text that appears at the top of each
page of a document. Once you specify the text that should appear in
the header, the text is automatically inserted.
HIGHLIGHT
To make something visually distinct. For example,
when you select a block of text in Canvas, the selected text appears
against a colored background.
HOTKEYS
Single-letter keyboard commands that can be used while
in image editing mode or vector editing mode
HTML
Abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring
language used to create documents on the Web.
HUE
A colors main characteristic; its name, as in blue, red, or
orange, defined by its position on the color wheel.
I-BEAM
A type of pointer shaped like the capital letter I.
IMAGE
A picture composed of pixels; referred to as a raster
image, paint image or bitmap (see image mode, page G.765).
IMAGE MODE
The system used to define colors in an image. Canvas
image modes include Black and White, RGB Color, CMYK Color,
Grayscale, Indexed, and LAB Color.
IMPORT
To use any of several techniques to move graphics or text
from another program into a Canvas document.
INDEXED
A digital image mode that lets you specify a palette of up
to 256 colors used in the image. Usually used for on-screen display
and electronic distribution of images, because it requires less mem-
ory than RGB or CMYK color modes.
INK
Colors, symbols, hatch patterns, textures, and gradients that
can be applied to objects.
INSERTION POINT
A blinking vertical line where text you type will
appear in a text object or dialog box.
ISO STANDARD
International Organization for Standardization; one
of several standards used to specify the properties of dimension
objects.
JIS STANDARD
Japanese Industrial Standard; one of several used to
specify the properties of dimension objects.
Tangent line handles
Insertion point