Laying Out Standard Items on the Canvas

To lay out Standard Items on the canvas:

  1. Select and then drag the object to the canvas.
  2. To move an object already on the canvas, hover the mouse cursor over the object until you see the crosshairs cursor appear. Drag the object to another area.
Some objects can only appear in the main part of the canvas, others can only be dragged to the header or footer. If an object cannot be dragged to a certain area you will see the following icon: .

The text item in Standard Items can be edited.

Aligning Objects

As you move an object around on the Design Canvas, a ruler (blue line) will appear when the new object margin is the same as an existing margin object. Rulers will appear for both vertical and horizontal alignment.

In the example below, the 'Text' object is vertically aligned with the Company Logo object.


Aligning the 'Text' object with the 'Company Logo' object

Editing Text

To edit the text object:

  1. Drag the text to the desired location on the canvas.
  2. Double-click the text item.
  3. Edit the text and then press CONTROL+ENTER on the keyboard or move the cursor outside of the text box and click the Design Canvas to save the text.

To continue the tutorial, click the link below.

Printing or saving the template

Alternatively, click the following links to access information about a specific step in the template design process:

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