ument no longer inherits attributes from Body1, which is still in the
original document.
However, if you copy both Body1 and Body2 to a new document, the
relationship is preserved, and Body2 will inherit attributes from its
parent style.
Note: When you do this, Canvas changes style names in the new doc-
ument. For example, a style named Body 2 will become Body 2 -
2.
Applying type styles
Applying type styles is similar to applying individual character or
paragraph formats using the Type palette. However, instead of con-
figuring settings on each of the tabs in the palette, you can simply
choose style names in the pop-up menu at the bottom-right corner of
the Type palette.
The pop-up menu displays the current type style name. The C and ¶
indicate if the style is a character or paragraph style, or both. If +++
appears to the right of a style name, the style has been modified but
not saved. If you choose a style in the pop-up menu when +++
appears next to the current style, you will lose the modifications to
the style. Therefore, if you want to use the settings again, you should
save the modified style with a new name before applying other styles.
To apply a style to selected text or text objects: Select the
text or text object(s) to which you want to apply a style. Choose a
style in the pop-up menu at the bottom-right of the Type palette.
Click Apply to implement the style.
If the text you selected already had a style applied, Canvas replaces
the style with the style you choose. In addition, if you apply a para-
graph style with font attributes to highlighted text, the font attributes
affect the selection only, and the paragraph attributes affect the entire
paragraph.
To use a type style as the current format setting: If neces-
sary, deselect all text objects by pressing Enter (Mac) or Esc (Win-
dows). Choose a style in the pop-up menu on the bottom-right corner
of the Type palette and click Apply. Canvas formats new text objects
with the specified style.
Indicates character or
paragraph style
Style name
Indicates modified style
Tip
To set current inks (other than
black) for new text, save the
inks as a type style attribute
and use the type style as the
current text format. These inks
dont affect the current inks for
vector objects.