Pasting with an object in edit mode usually pastes the selec-
tion into the object.
For example, if you copy a highlighted text selection, and then
choose Paste when no object is in edit mode, you create a new text
object containing only the text you selected. If you choose Paste
when a text object is in edit mode, the pasted text appears at the inser-
tion point in the text object. If you choose Paste when a paint object
is in edit mode, the selected text appears as a floating image selection
in the paint object.
Pasting into text You can paste text into a text object in edit mode.
This lets you insert new text cut or copied from another object, and
move text from one place to another while editing a text object.
Pasting pixels into images You can paste an image selection into a
paint object in edit mode. The pixels that you paste become a floating
selection in the paint object.
Pasting objects into images You can paste a vector object or text
into a paint object in edit mode. Canvas converts the object into pix-
els pasted as a floating selection in the paint object. In other words,
Canvas rasterizes the Clipboard contents and then pastes an image
selection into the paint object.
Placing objects while pasting
You can use the Paste and Place command to copy objects and posi-
tion the copies anywhere in a Canvas document.
1
Copy the objects that you want to paste.
2
Press Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and choose Edit > Paste
and Place. The Paste and Place command appears in the Edit menu
only when you press the special key.
3
After choosing Paste and Place, a Place pointer appears. Posi-
tion the pointer in the document where you want the top-left corner
of the Clipboard contents to appear. Do one of the following to
paste the selection:
Click to place the Clipboard contents at full size.
To set the dimensions of the Clipboard contents, drag to cre-
ate a bounding box to contain the selection.
Place pointer