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Canvas
6 Technical Manual Project
Part 3H - Build The Document |
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57. Navigate to page two and using the Text tool
select some "lorem ipsum" from the text. Click
Edit > Copy to copy it to the Clipboard.
![cnvtech120.gif](images/cnvtech120.gif)
58. Click once inside the left hand column. This click
creates the text object to the size, shape and position
determined by the column guides. Next click Edit
> Paste. This pastes the selected text into the
text object.
![cnvtech121.gif](images/cnvtech121.gif)
59. Using the Selection tool
drag the bottom handle of the text object upwards to
shorten it.
![cnvtech122.gif](images/cnvtech122.gif)
60. When you release the mouse, Canvas will establish
the height of the text object according to the flow
of the text.
![cnvtech123.gif](images/cnvtech123.gif)
61. This is a closeup view.
![cnvtech125.gif](images/cnvtech125.gif)
62. Set the font to 12 point Helvetica Italic, with
12 points of leading. Use either the Text Ruler (below)
or the Type palette.
![cnvtech124.gif](images/cnvtech124.gif)
63. Below is a view of the new type formatting.
![cnvtech126.gif](images/cnvtech126.gif)
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