The layout list is a hierarchy. Pages are at the top level, followed by
layers, then group objects, then individual objects. Each level is
indented to the right from the level above. The master page and its
layers are listed after a pages regular layers.
The name of the selected item in the list is shaded. The active layer
name is bold. Names of master layers, shared layers and objects on
shared layers are italic.
To expand or collapse one level in the list: Choose Expand
All or Collapse All in the palettes menu. The current level (pages,
layers, or object groups) will expand or collapse. You can also
Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click in the list to do the same thing.
Selecting items
You can select one or more items at once in the layout list. The name
of a selected item is shaded.
Selecting a page makes it the current page. The last current
layer of the current page will be the current layer.
Selecting a layer makes it the current layer.
Selecting an object selects the object in the document.
Selecting any item that is not visible makes the item visible.
To select one item: Click the name of the item in the list
To select multiple items: Click the first item and Shift-click the
last item. This selects a continuous range of pages, layers, or objects.
To select or deselect individual items in a selection, press Ctrl and
click each item.
Searching for items
Canvas can find items in the layout list by searching their names.
This means you can go to pages and layers, and select objects in a
document, by typing some or all of the text in an items name.
To select an item in the list, type the text to find in the search box in
the Document Layout palette. When you stop or press Enter, Canvas
searches the list from the current page. The search includes only
items that are visible in the list (not collapsed pages).
You can type text lower- or upper-case. If an object in the list is
named Rectangle Fill 0c 67m 45y 23k and you type 23K Canvas
will select the object. Default object names are object type and ink
values. Default page and layer names are item type and sequence
List hierarchy