•   Click outside the text object. Canvas creates a new text object where you click. The text object you were editing is not in edit mode and isn’t selected. •   Choose the Save command in the File menu. The text object you were editing is not in edit mode, and the Text tool remains active. Text selection and navigation You can move the insertion point and select characters, words, lines, and paragraphs using the mouse or the keyboard. The mouse lets you quickly select text or text objects and move the insertion point. However, if you work with a lot of text, you might find that the keyboard techniques let you move the insertion point more precisely to edit more quickly. Making text selections Before you can cut, copy, move, delete, type over, or perform other operations on text characters, you need to select the text within a text object. You can select text when a text object is in edit mode. For information on putting a text object in edit mode, see “Text edit mode” on page 27.513. The phrases “selected text,” “text selection,” and “highlighted text” all refer to an active selection of characters within a text object. Selected text appears highlighted; the highlight color depends on your system’s color settings. Keep in mind that a text selection is not the same as a selected text object. When you select a text object, you can move, copy, delete, and perform other operations on the entire object. When you make a text selection, the editing actions will affect only the highlighted characters within the object. To deselect all highlighted text:  Click anywhere in the text object or layout. Clicking outside the selected text object creates another text object at that location. Using the keyboard for text editing While editing text, you can use the key combinations listed in the fol- lowing table to move the insertion point and select text.
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