Exporting to PDF You can export Canvas documents to PDF format. Canvas has the ability to embed Type1 fonts, TrueType fonts, and halftone settings. A specific color mode is also available so that it may be applied to all PDF objects. Also in this version, the whole file can be compressed by the PDF export filter. To export to PDF, choose File > Save As. Enter a name for the PDF file and select Acrobat PDF format. The PDF Options dialog box appears. PDF Options Use this dialog box to apply settings to your PDF file. General options You have five General Options to choose from in the PDF Options dialog box: Compress text and vectors (A) All vector graphics, including a stream of text data, will be compressed when this option is activated. Apply 7-bit ASCII encoding (B) If activated, all binary data will be filtered through an ASCII filter. This filter will convert a file to allow it to pass through a data channel that supports 7-bit data only (such as e-mail servers). ASCII encoding will increase the data size to an approximate ratio of 5 to 4. Embed font subsets (C) Subsets of all TrueType and PostScript (Type1) fonts will be embedded to the PDF output if this option is checked. The creation of subsets means that the only characters to be embedded will be those that are actually used in the document. This setting ensures the safe electronic transfer of a document between different platforms, machines, or offices; however, embed- ding the fonts could dramatically increase the size of the resulting PDF document. Optimize text output (D) This option will optimize text and export it in a compact stream. All of the individual characters are put together to form words and sentences. If this option is not used, the text characters will be exported as separate text objects with specific positions within a text stream. Non-optimized text produces larger PDF files; however, this choice may be desired if precise character positioning is needed. For example, since PDF doesn’t support implicit font kerning, optimized PDF text may not accurately repre- A B C D E F G H I J K L
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