CHAPTER
27
TEXT EDITING AND PROOFING
You can insert, search, replace, move, delete, copy, and spell check
text in Canvas documents. This chapter describes how to navigate
through text for editing, how to make text selections, and how to use
spelling tools and the Find feature for text search-and-replace.
Text edit mode
To edit text, put a text object in edit mode. In edit mode, you can
revise, delete, insert, and select specific text. Only one object is in
text edit mode at a time. You can put a text object in edit mode with
the Text tool or the Selection tool.
When you put a text object in edit mode, the text object becomes
opaque, the selection handles disappear, and a flashing insertion
point appears. Also, the Text tool becomes the active tool.
To enter edit mode using the Text tool: Select the Text tool
and click in a text object. An insertion point appears where you click,
and you can begin typing or editing.
To enter edit mode using the Selection tool: With the Selec-
tion tool, double-click a text object. If you double-click on a word,
the word becomes selected and is highlighted. The Text tool is
selected, and you can begin typing or editing.
To edit text bound to a path: With the Path Text tool or the
Text tool, click the text. An insertion point appears in the bound text,
and you can begin typing or editing.
Leaving text edit mode
When you finish text editing, you can leave edit mode by doing any
of the following:
Press Esc (Mac or Windows) or Enter (Mac only). Canvas
switches to the Selection tool from the Text tool. The text
object you were editing is selected.
Select another tool in the toolbox. The text object you were
editing is selected.
In edit mode, an insertion point
appears in the text object.
Insertion point