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  Canvas 6™ Technical Manual Project
Part 3I - Build The Document

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64. Using the Selection tool, Shift-drag the new text object downwards to a new position on the page. The Shift modifier key will constrain its movement vertically. The vertical position is not important for this tutorial. Decide what looks appealing to you.

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65. Using the Rectangle tool cnvrecttool.gif drag a rectangle around the text object. After releasing the mouse, click the Send To Back button on the toolbar or click Object > Arrange > Send To Back.

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66. The rectangle should look similar to the one below.

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67. Bring up the Inks palette and in the Color tab, depress the Fill Ink icon, then click the tile for the new gold color.

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68. Click the triangle on the left of the Inks palette to expose the Inks manager. Bring up the CMYK Tints and adjust the slider to give the rectangle a 30% tint.

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69. Next click the Pen Ink icon and click the "No Ink" tile. This will remove the outline around the rectangle.

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70. At the beginning of the text and type the word "Tip:" followed by two soft returns (line feeds - hit Shift-Enter twice). Then drag the bottom handle of the rectangle downwards to compensate for the new text.

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