To create an empty text object 1 Select the Text Object tool. When you move into the document window, the pointer is an I-beam with an arrow. 2 Drag to set the width and length of a rectangular text object. 3 Canvas deselects the Text Object tool and selects the Selection tool. 4 Double-click in the text object to select the Text tool. The new text object is in edit mode, with an insertion point at the top of the column. •   You can begin typing in the new text object immediately. Press Esc to end text editing and select the text object. Press Enter (Mac) or Esc (Windows) to deselect the text object. Positioning text objects You can arrange text objects the same way you arrange other types of objects. You can drag text objects with the mouse, resize them by dragging a selection handle, “nudge” text objects with keyboard arrow keys, and set coordinates and dimensions in the Object Specs palette. Copying and removing text objects You can use the Copy, Cut, Clear, Paste, Duplicate, and Replicate commands in the Edit menu to copy and delete text objects. These commands operate on text objects the same as on vector objects. For more information on these commands, see “Copying, cutting, past- ing, and deleting objects” on page 16.251. Inserting headers and footers You can add header and footer text objects using commands in the Text menu. Headers and footers are special text objects that can con- tain codes for the current date, current time, and page number, in addition to text you type. Canvas updates the date, time, and page number codes each time it redraws the screen. Canvas inserts headers at the top of the printable area (the top of the on screen page layout) and footers at the bottom of the printable area. Both types of objects initially span the width of the page, but you can resize and move them just like other text objects. Text Object tool pointer Drag the Text Object tool to create an empty text object.
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