Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 202)

182 Working with Shapes Graphics: Images and Shapes
Figure 209
The Adjustment Settings dialog
The Canvas
Nisus Writer Pro also lets you insert a “Canvas”, which enables you to work on a number of shapes
together, unencumbered by your text.
Working with a Canvas
1. Choose the menu command Tools > Insert Shape > Canvas.
• a banner appears across the top of your document instructing you to “Click and drag to
draw the new shape.”
• a banner appears across the bottom of your document instructing you to “Press the
escape key (ESC) to cancel.”
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Undoing and redoing are disabled.
2. Click and drag a rectangular Canvas wherever you want on the page.
3. Resize the Canvas using the four handles and or the four perimeter lines as needed.
The pointer changes to a cross hair when over the handles and the margin mover or
when over the perimeter lines.
4. Move the Canvas wherever you want on the text portion of your document.
The pointer changes to the grabbing hand when it is over the interior of the Canvas.
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When you create a Canvas, its Placement is set to Position on Page of ¶ and it is set for the
text of the document to wrap around it as illustrated in Figure 210.
5. Click in the Canvas.
The Shape Paste Spot
When you click inside a Canvas, Nisus Writer Pro grays out everything but the Canvas and displays
a flashing corner
where you click the pointer. This, illustrated in Figure 211, is the location
where a pasted image’s upper left corner will appear.
You can choose to display the paste spot or not and determine its color, depending on how you set
your Appearance preference for Invisibles & Guides the Shape paste spot, as explained on 380.