CHAPTER 16 WORKING WITH OBJECTS This chapter explains how to work with objects in Canvas. It tells you how to select objects with selection tools or the Find command. It describes common actions, including how to copy, group, lock, move, arrange, flip, and align objects, plus effects you can apply to all objects, including scaling, rotation, and skew. It also tells you how to use the object position data in the Object Specs palette. Types of objects An object is a distinct item such as a circle, an image, or a paragraph of text. There are different types of objects with unique properties, and some commands apply only to some types of objects. But objects in Canvas also share many properties. You can perform common operations, including selecting, moving, rotating, copying, and delet- ing, using the same methods for all types of objects. The following object categories are used in Canvas: Vector objects Geometric shapes such as lines, circles, rectangles, polygons, and smooth curves. Canvas defines them internally by for- mulas, and they print smoothly on all printers. Paint objects Rectangular containers for pixel-based images, such as photos, screen captures, and scanned artwork. Each pixel that makes up an image has a color (or grayscale) value. Text objects Containers for text that can be formatted at the char- acter and paragraph levels. Text objects can be empty or contain up to a page of text, and they can be linked together. Group objects Collections of objects that have been united with the Group command. A group object can be made from more than one type of original object.
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