2
Choose Unlink Master in the palettes menu. The layers of the
master page become regular layers of the current page.
To link a master page
1
Select the page you want to apply the master page to.
2
Choose Link Master in the palettes menu. Canvas links the
master page to the current page. Other elements on the page are not
affected.
Dispersing objects
You can use the Disperse command to quickly move objects to pages
throughout a document. This is useful for creating frames and slides.
For example, you can select a series of graphics, and use Disperse to
place one graphic on each frame in an Animation document. You can
spread objects over existing pages or Canvas will create pages for the
objects. Dispersed objects are placed on a new layer on each page.
To disperse objects
1
Select the objects to disperse. The objects should be on the
same layer and should not be grouped.
2
Choose Object > Arrange > Disperse.
3
In the dialog box, select an option:
Dynamic: Canvas will create pages to hold the selected objects.
Selected: Click Select to display a list of pages. Shift-click
pages to select them, and then click Select.
4
In the text box, type the number of objects to place on each
page (Canvas divides the number of objects evenly if you select
pages; remaining objects go on the last selected page). Click OK to
disperse the selected objects.
Using guide and grid layers
In addition to general purpose layers, you can use special layers des-
ignated to contain drawing aids called guides and grids.
Like other layers, guide layers and grid layers appear in the Docu-
ment Layout palette. You can arrange these layers by dragging them
in the list to place them in front of or behind other layers.