
CANVAS FOR WINDOWS RELEASE NOTES

   This file contains information that was not included in the Canvas for Windows documentation, as well as corrections to the manuals. A separate text file, QTREADME.TXT, describes the QuickTime tool that is included with Canvas.
   If you need additional information, please call Deneba Software's Customer Support Department at (305) 596-5644.
   We welcome your comments and suggestions regarding Canvas. Many enhancements to our products have been based on input from users, so please call or write us with your comments. Our mailing address is Deneba Software, 7400 S.W. 87th Ave., Miami, FL 33173. The phone number is (305) 596-5644.

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CHANGES TO THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
   Canvas installation options differ slightly from the description on Page xvi of the Canvas for Windows User's Manual. In the Custom Installation dialog box, you can clear the appropriate check boxes if you do not want to install the included TrueType fonts, tutorial files, or other program components.
   Other installation changes:
   Step 6 - To specify a directory and drive location for Canvas, choose the Set Location button.
   Step 7 - To begin installation, choose the Install button. The Pause button referred to after Step 7 does not appear.

CANVAS TUTORIALS
   Correction to the tutorial in Chapter 4 of the User's Manual: On Page 4-4, replace Step 4 with the following: 
   Click the word "Width" and it changes to read "Right." Double-click the number in the box adjacent to "Right" to highlight the number.

   Clarification of Step 2, Page 4-7: The Style Sets submenu is in the Text menu.

COLOR SETS
   Canvas is shipped with 12 color sets, which are files of colors that can be loaded into the Colors palette. Four of the color sets are PANTONE(R) system colors: COATED.PAL, UNCOATED.PAL, PROCESS.PAL, and PROSIM.PAL. The other color sets contain various colors in the RGB and CMYK color systems. The BASIC.PAL color set contains the colors of the default Canvas Colors palette. 

COMMAND KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 
   In the menus shown in Appendix D of the Reference Manual, some letters are incorrectly underlined. Refer to the menus in the program for the correct letters to use with ALT to choose commands.

COPYING GUIDES
   Correction to the Edit Special command (User's Manual, Page 17-9), under "Copy Guides": To paste guides into a Canvas document after using the Copy Guides option, choose the Paste Special command (not the Paste command) from the Edit menu. In the Paste Special dialog box, choose the Paste button to paste the guides into the document.

FINDING COLORS
   Canvas will search for named colors in the Colors palette. When you specify text to search for, Canvas selects the first color in the palette whose name includes the text. The documentation (User's Manual, Chapter 23, and Reference Manual, Pages 46 and 48) incorrectly describes use of asterisks and spaces when you search for a color.
   To find a color whose name includes "red," (such as "Red 150" or "Reddish Brown"), type "red" in the Find Color dialog box. You can also type a number to select a color whose name includes the number. This is useful for selecting PANTONE(R) colors, which are named by number.
   For more information on colors, see Chapter 23 in the User's Manual, "Using Color in Canvas."

LEADING IN TEXT OBJECTS 
  The height of text ascenders and descenders is defined differently on Macintosh and Windows systems. Therefore, automatic leading (line spacing) factors will not translate correctly when documents created on one system are opened on the other. 
   A new feature of Canvas for Windows and Canvas 3.5 for Macintosh allows you to standardize the baseline of text objects among Macintosh and Windows systems to ensure correct leading across platforms. In the Type Specifications dialog box, whenever the number in the Factor box is preceded by a minus sign, Canvas interprets the number as an ascender height percentage, not as a Leading Factor. 
   Use the following procedure to specify the correct percentage: Choose the Type command from the Text menu to open the Type Specifications dialog box. In the Factor box (under Leading), type "-80" (minus 80) to specify that ascender height is 80 percent of text size. This is the setting recommended by typesetters.  
   After setting the ascender height percentage, you can type any leading amount (in points) in the Addition box. For single spacing, type the same number as the text size. For 1 1/2 and double spacing, multiply the text size by 1.5 or 2, respectively.

MACINTOSH DOCUMENT COMPATIBILITY
   To open documents created by Canvas for Windows on a Macintosh computer, you must use Version 3.5 or later of Canvas Macintosh and the Windows I/O external tool must be active in Canvas on the Macintosh.

MACROS TOOL 
   Correction to the Macros tool (Reference manual, Page 128), under "Using modifier keys": The ALT key is not a modifier for placing unlinked MacrObjects in a document.
   To place an unlinked MacrObject in a document, draw the MacrObject normally, then choose the Unlink option from the Macros submenu in the Object menu.

PEN MANAGER
   The DOS file name of the Pen Manager external tool has been changed from PEN.CVT to PENMGR.CVT

PICTURE OBJECTS 
   A picture object in a Canvas Macintosh document will appear as a box with an X if the document is opened in Canvas for Windows. A picture object in a Canvas for Windows document will appear as a box with an X if the document is opened in Canvas Macintosh. These objects will display correctly when the documents are opened on the original platforms.
   If you want a picture object to be visible when you move a document between Windows and Macintosh versions of Canvas, you should convert the object first. You can determine if an object is a picture object by selecting it and choosing the Object Specs command in the Object menu. The Type box shows a picture frame when a picture object is selected. 
   To convert a picture object in Canvas Windows so it can be viewed in Canvas Macintosh, select the object and choose the Object Specs command in the Object menu. From the Type box, select group ("G"). Choose the OK button. 
   To convert a picture object in Canvas Macintosh so it can be viewed in Canvas Windows, select the object and copy it to the Clipboard by pressing Command-C. Hold down Shift and choose Paste Without Comments in the Edit menu. Remove the original object from the document and position the pasted object in its place. 

POSTSCRIPT I/O TOOL 
   Correction to the Reference manual (Page 200), under "Saving EPSF files": The EPSF I/O external tool should be the PostScript I/O external tool.

POSTSCRIPT PRINTING IN WINDOWS 3.0
   If you run Canvas under Windows 3.0, and you want Adobe Type 1 format fonts to be downloaded to a printer, you must have version 3.4 or later of the Microsoft PostScript printer driver.
   To see what version of the printer driver is installed on your system, select Printers in the Windows Control Panel. Select a printer that uses the PostScript driver, select the "Setup" button, and then select the "About" button.

SAVING CGM FILES 
   Correction to the Reference manual (Page 200), under "CGM export restrictions": CGM files support the Copy pen mode. They do not support the Or pen mode. 

SAVING TIFF FILES 
   An additional option, a check box labeled "Selection Only," has been added to the TIFF Export Options dialog box (Reference Manual, Page 205). If you select this check box, only the selected objects in the document are included in the TIFF file that Canvas creates. If you clear the check box, the TIFF file will contain an image of all objects in the document.

SPOT COLORS
   When printing or saving color separations in which you want one or more spot colors to appear, you must designate the colors as spot colors (in the Color Manager or Color Info dialog boxes) before they are applied to objects in the document. For more information on spot colors and color separations, see Chapter 22, "Going to press," and Chapter 23, "Using color in Canvas," in the User's Manual. 

TIPS FOR USING VARIOUS FILE FORMATS
   Canvas can open documents that have been saved in a variety of file formats. When you open a file that was created in another program, however, data can be lost because of non-standard options or extensions to common file formats.
   If you experience problems when opening a file that was created in another program, try the following: In the other program, re-save the document using the default or general settings for the chosen file format. Avoid proprietary options or variations of common file formats to help ensure successful transfer of files to Canvas.

TOOL LOADER EXTERNAL TOOL
   The Tool Loader external tool is always active. It does not appear in the tool list in the ToolPicker dialog box, and it cannot be deactivated like other external tools.
