CHAPTER
15
CUSTOMIZING CANVAS
You can customize your Canvas work environment to best suit the
needs of a specific project and to maximize your productivity. This
chapter describes how to set preferences, customize keyboard short-
cuts and the Toolbar, save document templates, and create custom
sets of Canvas tools.
Setting preferences
Preferences are options that let you customize the display, tools, and
commands. You can set these options in the Preferences dialog box.
To change preference settings
1
Choose Canvas > Preferences (Mac) or File > Preferences
(Windows).
2
In the Preferences dialog box, click a tab to display its options.
Adjust the options you want to change.
3
To implement the current settings, click OK.
Note: For options that you turn on and off (as opposed to entering a
number or choosing a menu option), the descriptions in this chapter
refer to the way Canvas works when the option is on. An option is on
when its checkbox is selected (has a check mark in the box); an
option is off when its checkbox is not selected (has no check mark).
General preferences
The options on the General tab control various display and window
behaviors.
Number of Undo Levels Enter a number in the Min box to set the
minimum number of actions that Canvas can reverse. The default is
three. Enter a number in the Max box to specify the maximum num-
ber of actions that Canvas reverse. The default is 10.
To undo an action in Canvas, choose Edit > Undo or open the Undos
palette by choosing Window > Palettes > Undos (see Undoing,
redoing, and repeating actions, page 9.88).
Tip
For Mac OS 9, choose File >
Preferences to set up prefer-
ences.