To open or place a file
1 Choose File > Open or File > Place.
Open creates a new Canvas document containing the file
you select.
Place inserts the file in the current Canvas document. Place
is available only if a Canvas document is open.
2 Choose a file type in the Show (Mac) or Files of Type (Win-
dows) pop-up menu. The file list shows files that match the
selected format.
Select All Files (Windows) or All Documents (Mac) to
show every file in the folder. You can choose All Docu-
ments in the Show menu (Mac) to show all files that Canvas
can open.
3
In the file list, select a file and click Open or Place. You can
also double-click a file name. For some file formats, a dialog box
presents options for opening files. Configure the options and click
Open or Place.
If you open the file, Canvas creates a new document.
If you are placing the file, a Place pointer appears. Click
where you want to place the top-left corner of the file.
Saving files in other formats
You can use the Save As command to export files in a variety of file
formats. However, be aware that most file formats do not support
every Canvas object or effect. For this reason, Canvas asks if you are
sure when you select other file formats for saving files.
For example, a TIFF file can save only a single raster image; it does
not support text or vector objects. If you save a Canvas document
containing vector objects or text in TIFF format, all the objects in the
document are changed into an image. If you then open the TIFF file,
its contents appear as one raster image, so you cant edit the original
text or reshape the vector objects.
When you save a document in a non-Canvas format, Canvas creates a
new file on disk, but does not close the document or change the name
of the document in the title bar. If you then try to close the Canvas
document (without saving it in Canvas format), a message asks you
to confirm that you want to close the document without saving it.
The Open dialog box provides you
with a bitmap preview when you
select certain supported formats.
When selecting any Canvas file,
youll see some file properties
beneath the bitmap preview.