Data tab settings The Data tab includes object size and position data and related options. The tab dis- plays additional options when you select text. The text options let you change the shape of a text object or change the way text wraps in its bounding box. A    For a selected object, shows the object type, usually an icon of the tool that created the object. To create an object, select oval, rectangle, arc, line, or polygon. B    Select the type of data to display. You can choose Height/ Width or Top/Bottom for all ob- jects except lines. For a line, you can choose Start/End, Delta V/ H, or Length/Angle. When an object is selected, you can change the values in the text boxes to resize or reposition the selected object. If Keep Proportions is checked, Canvas maintains the propor- tion of the object if you change either the height or width (on Mac, the calculation occurs when you press the Tab key or click Apply). C   Displays the document’s measurement units. D   Position data. The type of data that appears in the boxes, and their labels, depends on whether you choose Height/ Width or Top/Bottom, Start/ End, Delta V/H, or Length/ Angle. Area. Shown when Canvas can calculate the area occu- pied by a selected object’s bounding box. When you select text, the horizontal insets text box replaces the Area text box. Perim. Shown when Canvas can calculate the perimeter, or distance around, a selected object’s bounding box. When you select text, the vertical insets text box replaces the Perim text box. Object name. Type a name for the object. Object #. The object number assigned by Canvas. Keep Proportions. Select this option to keep an object’s height and width proportional when you are editing the object’s dimensions. Apply. Click to apply the cur- rent settings. The Apply button changes to Create when no object is selected and you choose an object type to cre- ate. Text object settings Insets. Change the propor- tions of a text object’s back- ground. Type values, in pixels, in the text boxes to specify the horizontal and vertical size of the text object’s background. E    Change the shape of the text object’s background to a rectangle, round rectangle, oval, or diamond. Caption. Select or deselect to change the way text wraps in its bounding box. Text that is not captioned wraps to the next line based on the bound- aries of the text’s bounding box. You cannot use the Caption or Insets options with text that you created using the Path Text tool, or text that you con- verted to paths. E Text object settings A D B C
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