Adding custom settings to the palette
You can add custom strokes, arrows, and dashes to the Strokes pal-
ette. When you add custom items, they become presets that you can
use the same as default preset items. You can apply a customized pre-
set to objects or make it the current stroke.
To add custom settings from the configuration manager to
the palette: Drag from the sample window at the bottom of the pal-
ette to the presets list at the top. The settings become a preset, with a
graphic representation or description added to the end of the list.
To add settings from an object to the palette: Select the
object. Its settings appear in the appropriate configuration manager of
the Strokes palette. Drag from the sample window at the bottom of
the tab to the presets list at the top.
When you end a Canvas session, the program stores each tabs pre-
sets with the program. Because Canvas stores the preset strokes and
inks, the same presets can always be available, whether you work
with new documents, documents you created, or documents created
by another Canvas user.
If you create a custom stroke and want to apply it to more than one
object, and especially if you want to use it in a later work session, you
should store the custom settings in the presets area of the palette.
Deleting presets from the palette
You can remove default and custom presets from the Strokes palette.
When you delete a preset, Canvas permanently removes it from the
palette, unless you save it to disk and load it again; see Saving and
loading strokes settings, next.
To remove a preset from the palette: Drag the preset to the
trash can icon below the presets scroll list. The trash can appears only
when the Strokes palette is floating or docked on the Docking bar.
To remove all preset strokes from the tab: Choose Clear
Palette Strokes in the pop-up menu.
Note: If you delete all arrowheads from the palette, dimension
objects will not have arrows.
Saving and loading strokes settings
You can save preset strokes, arrows, and dashes in files on disk, and
load the presets into the Strokes palette. You can use these strokes
files to customize the Strokes palette for particular projects or types
Drag from the sample window
to the scroll list, as highlighted