Layout area
The rectangle centered in the Canvas document window is the Layout
area. This rectangle is the main working area for creating illustrations,
page layouts, presentations, and animations.
The white space around the Layout area is additional working space
where you can place objects before using them in an illustration. Objects
in this outside area are saved with the document, but objects that are
completely outside the Layout area are not printed.
The Layout area represents different things in the different Canvas docu-
ment types.
Illustrations
The Layout area is one page, called a sheet, with layers.
Publications
The Layout area is one single-sided page or two facing
pages with layers.
Presentations
The Layout area is one slide with layers.
Animations
The Layout area is one frame of an animation. If you
select onion-skinning (click the onion in the Document Layout pal-
ette), you can see objects on adjacent frames.
You can change the color of the Layout area to represent the color of
tinted paper. You can set the Layout area color by choosing Layout >
Document Setup.
Document navigation controls
Buttons that represent pages, slides, sheets, or frames appear below the
document. You can click buttons to move through a document.
You can also use the navigation buttons to select layers. When you press
a page button, for example, a pop-up palette lists the layers on that page.
You can select a layer in the pop-up palette. If you drag away from the
button, the Document Layout palette appears.
Layout area
Slide / Frame buttons
Page buttons
Sheet buttons