By default, the width of pen strokes is measured in points (one point is 1/72 of an inch). Pen stroke widths from 1 to 20 points appear in the Pen tab’s presets list. To change the current pen width:  Deselect all objects, then select a new stroke on the Pen tab of the Strokes palette. To change the stroke width of specific objects:  Select one or more objects, then select a new stroke on the Pen tab. To change the color of a pen stroke The color of a pen stroke comes from the object’s pen ink color. The pen ink can be a complex multi-color pattern or gradient, or a solid color. 1 Select one or more objects whose pen ink you want to change. 2 Press the Pen Ink icon in the Toolbox. The Inks palette opens from the Toolbox; you can drag this palette away from the Toolbox to keep it open as you work. 3 On one of the tabs in the Inks palette, choose a color, gradient, hatch, symbol, or texture; see “Inks: colors and patterns” on page 18.303. ‘Invisible’ inks A pen ink is one or more colors that Canvas uses to apply color to pen strokes. The pen ink can be set to “no ink,” or to a color that blends into the background, which renders a pen stroke invisible. In some situations, you might want to set an object’s pen ink to “no ink,” rather than remove the object’s stroke. This can be useful to temporarily hide the stroke without removing the dash, arrow, and other stroke settings, for example. To set an object’s pen ink to “no ink” This procedure removes the pen ink and makes the stroke invisible. 1 Select the object and press the Pen Ink icon to open the Inks palette. 2 On the Color tab of the Inks palette, choose the first item, a box crossed by a diagonal line. If colors are listed by name, select “no ink” at the top of the list. Pen ink color changed from black to Pantone 123 “No ink” setting
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