Tab-click the object with a Selection tool. Tab-click the object’s location until it is selected.Ĭlick the object’s border, or press Tab and click inside the object.Īn object on a layer other than the current layer, or an object on a master page With a selection tool, press Ctrl and drag out a box that touches the objects.Ĭlick the object with the Direct Group Selection tool (hollow arrow).Ĭlick a Selection tool in a blank area, or press Esc. Shift-click each object with a Selection tool.ĭrag a box around the objects with a Selection tool. The following table gives you a quick description of all the methods for selecting objects. To select all objects on all visible layers in a multi-layer document, change the default selection setting in the Configuration Center (see Setting preferences). Canvas selects all objects inside the selection box.Ĭhoose Edit | Select All to select every object in a single-layer document. With the Selection tool, drag a selection box around objects to select them.Hold down the right mouse button and click multiple objects to select them.Hold down Shift, and click each object you want to select.Likewise, you may also draw a line through an object to allow editing of a path point. This feature places the object or objects into edit mode and highlights the edit points that fall inside the selection area drawn by the Direct Edit Lasso Tool. You can also use this tool to select objects by simply drawing a line through them.ĭirect Edit Lasso tool: You can quickly edit any path point of an object by enclosing it with this tool. Doing this will select all of the objects that are touching the selection.
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Lasso Selection tool: Select this tool and then encircle or draw a line around an object or series of objects. Click this tool and then click on a vector object to place that object into edit mode.ĭirect Group Selection tool: Using this tool, you may select individual objects within a group without the need to ungroup the object. To select multiple objects, you can Shift-click.ĭirect Edit Selection tool: This tool allows you to select all curve- edit points of an object in one step. Selection tool: Select this tool when you need to Select a single object. Selection techniques for various types of objects are described in the drawing, text editing, and image editing sections of the manual. In some cases, you can select parts of objects e.g., you can select an anchor point within a vector object, a word within a text object, and an image area within a paint object. You can also use the Select All and Find commands from the Edit menu to select objects. The Selection tools are the primary object-selection tools. Use the most convenient method for each situation. If you can’t apply an attribute, or a command is not available, check to be sure you have correctly selected an object first.Ĭanvas provides several tools and commands for you to select objects. In most cases, you select objects first, then apply a command or attribute. When you select an object, you distinguish it from other, unselected objects, so that when you choose a command or apply a color, Canvas knows to apply it to the selected object. You are here: Objects & Attributes > Working with objects > Selecting objects Selecting objects